Epstein Secrets

ashington can lawfully continue to provide aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) if it includes Hamas as an equal partner. Af

especially one that would look to Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for political guidance. However, the Turks

U.N. bid, if unsuccessful, could spell the end of the Palestinian Authority. There's been a flurry of last-minute pressure f

ination of a long process of deterioration and makes foes of two countries whose relationship was once heralded as groundbreaking and strategic. The Justice and Development Party government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had begun to sour on Israel following Israel’s incursion into Gaza in late 2008. Erdogan was miffed

collapses, makes Israeli concessions or new flexibility in the West Bank impossible and puts paid to the entire "peace process." It brings Hamas into the Palestinian Authority government, ending a period of several years when Palestinian Security Forces have cooperated with the Israel Defense Forces against terrorism and ag

ncident for Turkey. As part of its neo-Ottoman drive to enhance its influence in the Middle Eastern territory of the former Ottoman Empire the ruling Justice and development Party, or AKP, government of Turkey has long waived visa requirement in travel between Turkey and Syria. The aim behind that move was to plant the seeds of