Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, a group of former intelligence and military officials, warns President Obama in a memo that Israel is preparing to attack Iran this month, and that Obama needs to publicly denounce such an attack in order to prevent a wider war and the ultimate destruction of Israel. “We write to alert [...]

An Israeli minister secretly met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in order to thaw the deep chill in relations between former allies, Channel Two television said the Trade Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer, who is on good terms with the personal Davutoglu, met in an undisclosed location in Europe in recent days. He did not [...]

ISTANBUL: Turk Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was considering sailing to the Gaza Strip as part of an aid flotilla backed by the Turkish Navy. Lebanese newspaper al Mustaqbal quoted security sources as saying that Mr Erdogan was pondering the move in order to break the barrier imposed against Gaza by Israel. It said that “as [...]

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has called for the formation of an international investigation committee to probe Israel’s deadly attack on Gaza-bound aid ships. “I have invited our OIC Ambassadorial Groups in both New York and Geneva to act in concert in favor of the adoption of an international stand condemning this odious [...]

KONYA – Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he did not see HAMAS as a terrorist organization adding that Hamas was only defending their territory. Erdogan who commented on the deadly Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla which killed 9 people 8 of whom were Turkish citizens,regarded the attack as state terrorism. Erdogan who [...]