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Gunmen attack Israeli consulate building in Istanbul

Associated Press — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:51:34 +0000

One attacker is dead, and two others ‌are wounded after a gun battle with Turkish police outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul. Three attackers have opened fire at police outside a building housing the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Turkish authorities say, sparking a gunfight that left one assailant dead. The two other assailants were captured […]

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IDF soldier visiting parents secretly extracted from Turkey

David Isaac - JNS — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:38:31 +0000

An IDF soldier visiting her parents in Turkey, who was arrested by Turkish authorities after calls by Islamic groups in Ankara to imprison her, was spirited out of the country in an under-the-radar mission on Feb. 18, Israel’s Channel 12 revealed on Wednesday. Few details about the mission to bring the young woman home were […]

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

Sveta Listratov — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:31:19 +0000

Turkey has been moving swiftly to expand its influence over Syria, with Israel being concerned by reports on Tuesday that the Turkish military is poised to launch a large-scale invasion. “The game has changed,” Dr Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, a researcher at Tel Aviv University’s Moshe Dayan Centre, told The Press Service of Israel. “If […]

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Wretched

Michael Kuttner — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:17:54 +0000

Early this past Sunday morning, I was looking at the news headlines and reading the latest wretched pontifications from Blinken and Lammy. They were reported as once again professing their “support” for Israel but, in the same breath, issuing a warning. Their conditional “love” came with a caveat that despite any provocations, Israel must avoid […]

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Turkey ban rules out Israeli wrestling team Olympics chances

Pesach Benson — Mon, 06 May 2024 01:01:16 +0000

The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) has barred a delegation of five wrestlers from flying to Istanbul for an Olympic qualifying event on May 9-13. The ban effectively ends the team’s hopes of competing in the Paris Olympics in August. “I’m disappointed, but I knew that this was going to be the decision,” said freestyle […]

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What does Turkey’s election mean for Israel?

Shimon Sherman — Tue, 16 May 2023 23:41:24 +0000

Turkey’s High Election Board (YSK) declared on Monday that the country would be heading to a runoff election in late May, after incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to secure over 50% of the vote in Sunday’s election. Otherwise, another election is held between the two leading candidates. Erdogan faced possibly his most formidable challenge […]

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

Pesach Benson — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 06:06:53 +0000

A delegation of around 40 workers from Israel’s United Hatzalah emergency response organization is returning to Israel immediately amid a “concrete and immediate threat” to the team on Sunday. The Hatzalah delegation was based in Kahramanmaraş, in southern Turkey. “We knew that there was a certain level of risk in sending our team to this […]

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

Gil Tanenbaum - TPS — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 04:51:42 +0000

In a further sign of Israel’s improving relationship with Turkey, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrived in that country on Thursday and met with his counterpart, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, in Ankara. The visit comes as Israelis were repeatedly warned by their government not to travel to Turkey because of ongoing threats of attacks on […]

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Report: Turkey’s intelligence organization nabs Iranian assassination team

Aryeh Savir - TPS — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 01:42:09 +0000

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) arrested an eight-man cell that was working on behalf of the Iranian secret service to target Israelis in the country, Turkish media reported Thursday. The cell members were caught last Thursday with weapons and ammunition during a raid on the hotel they were staying at. Before that, the assassination team, […]

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

Aryeh Savir - TPS — Thu, 26 May 2022 06:39:21 +0000

Israel and Turkey have agreed to renew talks on a new civil aviation agreement and the return of Israeli airline flights to Turkey and resume the activity of the two countries’ Joint Economic Commission. This was announced by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid after meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Jerusalem on Wednesday. […]

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