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Members of the Israeli military delegation to Turkey work against the clock to rescue people trapped by rubble following the deadly earthquakes in Turkey. Credit: IDF.

6.4-magnitude quake leaves several dead, hundreds injured in Turkey

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Several people were killed and hundreds injured in Turkey on Monday by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake centered in the country’s Hatay province that was felt in Lebanon and Israel. The country is still reeling from a...
Leora Wine, director of disaster response for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, helps make bread in a restaurant in Gaziantep, Turkey, February 2023. Photo courtesy of JDC.

JDC works with Turkey’s local community, global Jewry to bring relief to quake victims

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After a week-and-a-half on broken ground in Turkey, Leora Wine, director of disaster response for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), thinks Turkey is still in transition from rescue to recovery. “That’s why the...
Members of an Israel Defense Forces delegation search for survivors in earthquake-ravaged Turkey, Feb. 7, 2023. Credit: Israeli Foreign Ministry.

IDF delegation lands in earthquake-stricken Turkey to set up field hospital

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An Israel Defense Forces delegation arrived in Turkey on Wednesday morning to set up a field hospital in the wake of the massive earthquakes this week that have so far claimed the lives of more than...
Searching for earthquake survivors in Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Jewish Federations of North America raises money for Turkey, Syria

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The Jewish Federations of North America launched a relief fund to provide humanitarian aid to people in Turkey and Syria after the devastating earthquakes today. Thousands have been killed in what officials are calling the worst quake...
Members of the Knesset Guard, IDF Home Front Command, Israel Fire and Rescue Services and Magen David Adom participate in a drill near Ashkelon simulating response to an earthquake, Dec. 19, 2019. Photo by Yaniv Nadav/Flash90.

Syria appeals to Israel for help via Russia following devastating earthquake

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime sent Israel a “near unprecedented” appeal for aid following the severe earthquake that hit the country on Monday. Israel received the request through Russia. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake centered in southern Turkey killed...

Erdogan: Rapprochement with Israel to continue apace

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that his country’s rapprochement with Jerusalem would continue irrespective of the outcome of Israel’s national elections, Reuters reported. “Whatever the election result, we want to maintain relations with Israel...
The Ramon International Airport, named in memory of Ilan and Asaf Ramon, near Eilat in southern Israel, Jan. 21, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Pilot program: Palestinians will soon be able to fly to Turkey from Israel’s Ramon...

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The Israel Airports Authority on Tuesday announced that Palestinians from Judea and Samaria will soon be able to take charter flights from Ramon Airport near Eilat to destinations in Turkey, according to local media...
Russian President Vladimir Putin negotiates with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Ukrainian wheat, July 18, 2022. Credit: 42nd Street in Manhattan/Shutterstock.

Mr. Putin goes to Tehran

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Despite spending five months baiting Ukraine’s leaders as “neo-Nazis,” among them the country’s Jewish President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin didn’t bat an eyelid as he embraced a genuine Nazi sympathizer and Holocaust...
The Ulm Synagogue, Ulm, Germany, June 2015. Photo by Bjorn S. via Wikimedia Commons.

German Jews, politicians up in arms over failure to prosecute synagogue arsonist

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On June 5, 2021, a man identified by German media as Serkan P. allegedly attempted to burn down the Ulm synagogue, in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg. Firefighters extinguished the blaze. Five days later,...
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Photo: Tehran Times.

Iranian foreign minister to visit Turkey amid tensions over terror plots

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was scheduled to visit Turkey on Monday, according to a statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry. Amir-Abdollahian’s visit comes on the heels of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s visit to...