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David Lammy. Pic: PA
September 10, 2024, 11:59 am
OPINION: Halting arms sales to Israel is a gesture, but a potentially damaging one nonetheless
Britain is stronger when it works together with its allies against our common coalition of threats and foes, writes Joan Ryan
By Joan Ryan
Israeli President Isaac Herzog meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, 9 March, 2022. (GPO/Haim Zach
January 9, 2024, 12:44 pm
Report: Hamas considered sabotaging Israel’s relationship with Turkey in 2022
The terror group considered threatening Turkey with "massive (protest) marches and burning of the pictures of Turkey’s president,' according to a document seen by
By JN Reporter
Pic: Creative Community for Peace
October 30, 2023, 11:42 am
#ReleaseTheHostagesNow: British and American celebrities launch campaign
Michael Douglas, Billy Crystal, Dean Cain and Tracy-Ann Oberman among hundreds of entertainers amplifying the call to free the 239 held in Gaza
By Michelle Rosenberg
Israeli leader Netanyahu and Erdoğan have had major clashes in the past
October 30, 2023, 11:02 am
Opinion: The bigger picture in the Middle East – where will this conflict end?
'We are in the midst of the blast and the shock waves continue to echo ever outwards,' says Richard Miron, a former BBC reporter who was based in Israel
By Richard Miron
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, between the Emir of Qatar.
October 30, 2023, 6:32 am
REVEALED: Luxury instead of relief – Hamas terrorists’ secret £600m financial empire
The huge sums are spent not on the residents of Gaza but on depraved attacks against Israel and on luxurious lifestyles abroad for Hamas' top brass
By Christine Kensche (WELT)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, September 19, 2023. Credit: Avi Ohayon (GPO)
September 20, 2023, 8:37 am
Netanyahu holds first-ever meeting with Turkey’s Erdogan
The meeting marks a positive development between the two leaders who have previously accused each other of terrorism.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Uskudar American Academy is one of Istanbul's most prestigious private schools. (Wikipedia)
March 17, 2023, 11:43 am
Students at elite Istanbul school give Nazi salute in football match against Jewish school
Turkey’s official Jewish communal organisation condemned the incident, described as "a new low for antisemitism" in the country
By David I Klein (JTA)
March 10, 2023, 11:48 am
OPINION: One month on… the earthquake aftermath in Antakya
"Nothing quite strikes fear into the heart as the destruction": World Jewish Relief updates Jewish News, one month after Turkey's devastating earthquake
By Kai Hopkins
Pic: MDA
March 8, 2023, 5:49 pm
Magen David Adom UK facilitates second humanitarian relief flight to Turkey
Collective community efforts see 13 pallets of duvets, sleeping bags and blankets airlifted to city of Adana, 115 miles from earthquake epicentre
By Michelle Rosenberg
World Jewish Relief Annual Dinner 2023, Round House, Camden
February 22, 2023, 11:31 am
Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel take podcast double act to World Jewish Relief annual dinner
King Charles sends message to charity, praising the "tremendous example" its set "over the last 90 years” as guests celebrate milestone anniversary of humanitarian agency
By Michelle Rosenberg
300,000 people, including children, are now homeless following the earthquakes in Turkey and northern Syria. Pic: WJR
February 17, 2023, 1:18 pm
OPINION: Tzedakah and g’milut hasadim are values central to our DNA
Rabbi Dina Brawer, inaugural executive director of World Jewish Relief USA, says the charity has a responsibility to provide a response to global disasters deeply embedded in Jewish values
By Rabbi Dina Brawer World Jewish Relief
Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen meeting Turkey's President Erdogan, February 14 2023. Credit: Israeli Foreign Ministry.
February 14, 2023, 3:15 pm
Israeli FM promises more humanitarian aid to Turkey in meeting with Erdogan
Eli Cohen's meeting comes after an Israeli search and rescue delegation helped save 19 people from earthquake ruins in Turkey.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
The emergency aid to Turkey is a joint effort by MDA UK and crisis response charity Goods for Good.
February 14, 2023, 11:55 am
Magen David Adom UK flight leaves for Turkey with aid for earthquake victims
The charity partnered with Virgin Atlantic, which operated the special cargo destined for Adana in southern Turkey. The deadly earthquake has left over 33,000 dead.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Brothers Yaakov Yisrael Paley, 6 (right) and Asher Menahem Paley, 8, killed in a deadly car-ramming terror attack near Ramot Junction in Jerusalem on February 10, 2023. (Twitter)
February 14, 2023, 11:16 am
OPINION: ‘Allahu akbar’: use God’s name for goodness, not acts of unimaginable evil
Eli Beer, CEO of United Hatzalah, reflects on the power of the Arabic phrase that means 'God is great' when used for love rather than blind, bloodthirsty hate.
By Eli Beer United Hatzalah
United Hatzalah's rescue team in Turkey just before departing, citing concerns about a threat against them. (Courtesy United Hatzalah)
February 12, 2023, 9:57 pm
Israeli rescue team evacuated from Turkey amid ‘concrete and immediate threat’
United Hatzalah told its team of roughly two dozen personnel in Turkey to end their rescue mission and leave the country.
By Philissa Cramer (JTA)
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