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How Jews in Palestine were persecuted during the 1915 Armenian Genocide

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April 24 marks the 106th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turkey. As Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities notes, “On April 24 of 1915, leaders and intellectuals within the Armenian community...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressing the opening of the country's parliament on Oct. 1, 2020. Source: Erdoğan via Twitter.

America doesn’t have to choose between appeasing Turkey or Iran

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Does it matter that Turkey appears to think that it can relitigate the outcome of World War I? That’s the question observers were forced to confront last week when its president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Turkish Presidency via Twitter.

Turkey’s bid to return to Ottoman-era glory endangers Israel and the region

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has high ambitions. He wants to take his country back to what he perceives as the glory days of the Ottoman Empire, but the leader, who has been described...
Israel Antiquities Authority excavation of the earliest soap factory in the country, discovered in the Bedouin city of Rahat in the Negev Desert. Credit: Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority.

1,200-year-old soap factory uncovered in southern Israel

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Israel’s earliest soap factory, dating back approximately 1,200 years, has been uncovered in the Bedouin city of Rahat, the Israel Antiquities Authority reported on Sunday. According to the report, hundreds of local youths were involved...