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by Khaled Abu Toameh
• May 25, 2015 at 5:00 am
- Jordan has a
peace treaty with Israel, while the Palestinian Authority (PA) is
conducting security coordination with the Israeli Defense Forces.
That is enough for their people to turn against them and accuse them
of "collaboration" with the "Zionist enemy."
- Will the PA
and Jordan start educating their people abut tolerance and peace
with Israel? Sadly, that is unlikely to happen, at least not in the
near future. The anti-Israel rhetoric has made it impossible even to
talk about the possibility of peace with Israel.
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Hundreds of Muslims on the Temple Mount, yelling and
throwing objects, surround three Jewish men and their children, as
about a dozen police officers try to hold back the angry crowd and
evacuate the Jews.
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For several months now, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Jordan
have been strongly condemning visits by Jewish groups and individuals to
the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
The PA and Jordan have accused the Jewish visitors of
"desecrating" the Haram al-Sharif [Noble Sanctuary], the
name used by Muslims to refer to the Temple Mount.
The visits, which are held in coordination with the Jerusalem
Police, are described by the PA and Jordan as attempts to
"storm" the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The charges made by the PA leadership and Jordan have triggered a
campaign by Muslims to foil the visits by Jews to the holy site. Almost
every day, Muslim hecklers intercept the Jewish visitors by hurling abuse
at them and chanting "Allahu Akbar" ("Allah is Greater")
in their faces.
In some cases, Palestinians have thrown shoes at the Jewish
visitors, including children.
by Burak Bekdil
• May 25, 2015 at 4:00 am
- The
testimonies of the prosecutors make for interesting reading,
especially for anyone who might be thinking that Turkey is part of
the Western coalition fighting the Islamic State.
- Turkey and
its NATO allies have totally different threat perceptions and goals
in Syria's war.
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Turkish security forces inspect a truck that was
smuggling weapons to Syria, Jan. 19, 2014.
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Ali Babacan, a world-renowned economist and Turkey's mild-mannered
Deputy Prime Minister, put it realistically in a recent speech:
"Public trust in the justice system is in steady decline."
How could it not be? Turkey has finally become a country where
prosecutors and law enforcement authorities get indicted rather than
indict suspects. The latest episode unveils how Turkey's Islamist
government (not-so-) secretly supported the radical Islamists in Syria.
On Jan. 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie command stopped and
searched three trucks in southern Turkey, heading for Syria. Accompanying
the trucks were Turkish intelligence officers, and the trucks had a
bizarre cargo: In the first container, 25-30 missiles or rockets and
10-15 crates loaded with ammunition; in the second, 20-25 missiles or
rockets, 20-25 crates of mortar rounds and anti-aircraft ammunition in five
or six sacks. The crates had markings in the Cyrillic (Russian) alphabet.
May 25, 2015 at 1:00 am
- Gatestone
Institute wishes to thank the brave men and women of America's armed
forces who gave their lives -- and continue to risk them every day
-- so that we may sleep soundly in our beds at night. We are in your
debt. — The Editors.
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Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery.
(Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
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