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Five charged over alleged ISIS-inspired extremist material

Five Victorian men have been charged after federal police allegedly uncovered ISIS-inspired propaganda and graphic terrorist material shared online. The...

Gunmen attack Israeli consulate building in Istanbul

One attacker is dead, and two others ‌are wounded after a gun battle with Turkish police outside the Israeli...

IDF soldier visiting parents secretly extracted from Turkey

An IDF soldier visiting her parents in Turkey, who was arrested by Turkish authorities after calls by Islamic groups...

‘The game has changed’: Turkish buildup on Syrian border sparks Israeli concerns

Turkey has been moving swiftly to expand its influence over Syria, with Israel being concerned by reports on Tuesday...

Wretched

Early this past Sunday morning, I was looking at the news headlines and reading the latest wretched pontifications from...

Turkey ban rules out Israeli wrestling team Olympics chances

The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) has barred a delegation of five wrestlers from flying to Istanbul for an...

What does Turkey’s election mean for Israel?

Turkey’s High Election Board (YSK) declared on Monday that the country would be heading to a runoff election in...

United Hatzalah ends Turkish relief mission citing ‘concrete and immediate threat’

A delegation of around 40 workers from Israel’s United Hatzalah emergency response organization is returning to Israel immediately amid...

Yair Lapid in Istanbul: Iranian attacks against Israelis a ‘clear violation of Turkish sovereignty by Iran’

In a further sign of Israel’s improving relationship with Turkey, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrived in that country on...

Report: Turkey’s intelligence organization nabs Iranian assassination team

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) arrested an eight-man cell that was working on behalf of the Iranian secret service...

Israel and Turkey ‘return to dialogue,’ renew economic cooperation

Israel and Turkey have agreed to renew talks on a new civil aviation agreement and the return of Israeli...

Turkish FM makes first visit to Israel in 15 years

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu landed in Israel on Tuesday for an official visit, the first such visit in...

Top Turkish delegation to visit Israel

A delegation of top Turkish leaders will arrive in Israel this week, ahead of a planned visit by President...

Under economic and geopolitical pressure, Erdoğan attempts to make nice with Israel

In a virtual discussion held by the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), Turkish scholar and former politician Aykan...

Was Erdoğan’s meeting with rabbinic leaders a ‘spectacle of tolerance’?

When the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States (ARIS) gathered its members for the first time under one roof...

Lapid to Turkey: Shut down Hamas offices on your soil

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday evening responded to the recent discovery of a Hamas terrorist network in...

Mordi and Natali Oknin released from prison in Turkey and are returning to Israel

After joint efforts with Turkey, Mordi and Natali Oknin were released from prison and are on their way home...

Lawyer for Israeli couple detained in Turkey files appeal

Attorney Nir Yaslovitzh, the lawyer representing Natalie and Mordy Oknin—the Israeli couple being detained in Turkey under suspicion of...

Israel dispatches senior diplomat to help in release of couple held in Turkey

Israel's Foreign Ministry has decided to send Consular Division head Rina Djerassi to Istanbul on Monday to augment efforts...

Israel offers Turkey emergency aid in wake of devastating floods

At least 58 people have died in flooding in northern Turkey, and dozens more are missing.