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Egypt Air Deletes Israel from its Destination List

Air travel between Egypt and Israel was suspended temporarily following the Egyptian Revolution which broke out in January.

(CAIRO) - Egypt Air - the official Egyptian airline - has deleted Israel from its travel destinations.

The airline's website no longer features the Zionist state among its flight options.

Turkey Blocks Blogspot

The timing of the blogspot block is inconvenient, to say the least, given that Turkey has as of late been accused of violations of freedom of the press.

(ISTANBUL) - When I first noticed earlier this month that I was unable to access my blog here in Turkey, I assumed that I had unintentionally offended Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

He is the founder of the Turkish Republic, whose sanctity has caused Turkish courts to block YouTube access for extended periods of time.

ICTV Presents: Face to Face with Kevin Neish

Kevin talks about the big issues of what is going on in the Middle East.

(VICTORIA, B.C.) - Victoria Community TV Presents: Face to Face with Israeli Commandos on the high seas this weekend on Channel 11 in Victoria and Saltspring Island.

Kevin Neish of Victoria was aboard the Mavi Marmara last May when it was attacked by Israeli forces. The ship was on a humanitarian mission to bring relief supplies to the people of Gaza.

U.S. Confused by Lack of Press Freedom in Turkey

Ambassador cries out for journalist rights in Turkey- as US harasses members of the press routinely.

(ISTANBUL) - Last week Turkey arrested four journalists suspected of linked to a plot to force a military coup against the ruling AK Party.

Valley of the Anti-Semites?

Israel is perhaps not used to being the bad guy in movies.

(ISTANBUL) - The Turkish film “Kurtlar Vadisi: Filistin”—“Valley of the Wolves—Palestine”— opened yesterday in Turkey.

Based on the immensely popular television series “Valley of the Wolves”, the film is a response to the May 2010 Israeli attack on the Turkish-led humanitarian aid flotilla en route to Gaza, which resulted in the murder of nine Turkish activists.

Erdoğan`s Report Card

Turkey has refrained from praising the uprising against the Tunisian dictator, who according to the Turkish Hürriyet spent his last holiday in the Turkish resort city of Bodrum.

(FETHIYE, Turkey) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the town of Fethiye on the southwestern coast of Turkey this afternoon for the mass inauguration ceremony of 34 new regional institutions, ranging from elementary schools to health facilities.

The ceremony took place at Republic Square in the center of Fethiye, home to the town’s primary Atatürk statue. An estimated 20,000 people were in attendance, including myself.

The NATO Weapons Repository, aka the Republic of Turkey

Perhaps the Turks should also insist that NATO remember Article 5 of its charter the next time a member state is attacked not by Iran or Syria but by Israel.

(ISTANBUL) - News from Turkey on this first day of 2011: Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has characterized NATO plans for a missile defense system as being in the interest of Turkish national security.

Today’s issue of Today’s Zaman provides a summary of negotiations leading up to the Turkish declaration of support for the project...

Jewish Diplomacy

Lieberman also rejected the notion of peace with the Palestinians...

(LONDON) - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman taught us today another lesson in Jewish diplomacy calling his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu a liar.

Lieberman took aim at Turkey today just hours after the Mavi Marmara was cheered into Istanbul port.

Turkey`s Rambo Takes on Israel

Turkish film is based on a man's revenge over the Mavi Marmara incident.

(ISTANBUL) - As Ban Ki moon struggles to patch up relations between Israel and Turkey following the raid on a Turkish aid ship by the Israeli Defense Forces, a Turkish film company has decided to rock the boat, so to speak.

Passions on both sides are likely to be inflamed by a new film portraying a Turkish agent exacting revenge on the Israeli troops who carried out the May 31 raid.

Israel`s Murder of Furkan Doğan

Today would have been the young man's 19th birthday.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Furkan Doğan shot the Israeli military first, then they shot back, and ultimately executed him on the deck of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla 'Mavi Marmara' last May.

The problem, is that Furkan was only using a video camera. The Israeli commandos who "bravely" stormed this humanitarian aid vessel with unarmed peace activists, used 9mm pistols and sub machine guns to shoot back.