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Turkey's Aggressive Spying Campaign in Foreign Countries Persists without Signs of Abating

In a clear indication of Turkey's expanded spying activities abroad and its strengthened efforts to gather information on opposition groups, a confidential document issued by the government in early June has revealed that...

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California Assembly Looks to Honor State's Most Radical Islamists

On July 13, the California State Assembly introduced a resolution commemorating August as "American Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month." House Resolution No.52 (HR 52) honors the "cultural traditions" of some 1 million...

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Turkey Teaches Foreign Exchange Students to Support Its Goals Worldwide

In an official report titled "Strategic Plan," the Turkish government's diaspora agency revealed its objective of transforming foreign students who have been educated in Turkey on scholarships into politicians in their home...

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Herzog Heads to Washington on High-Stakes Mission to Keep U.S.-Israel Fissure in Check

After positioning himself for months as a peacemaker mediating Israel's warring political camps, President Isaac Herzog took off for Washington early Tuesday to try to bridge another chasm that seems to be growing wider with...

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U.S. Ignores Iran's Active Nuclear Weapons Activities by Using 'Defective' Definition

A leading American expert on Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program asserts the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence's new report applied an obsolete definition when it assessed last week that Tehran is not...

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Belgium Welcomes 'Butcher of Tehran' to Summit, Sparking Outrage

A high-ranking official in the Belgian government has resigned in the face of outrage over his decision to allow the Islamist mayor of Tehran to attend an urban policy conference that took place in Brussels in mid-June. The...

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Israeli Counterterrorism is Not 'Arbitrary'

Francesca Albanese, the "Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967," issued a new U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report on alleged Israeli crimes against...

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Is Erdoğan Hoping to Bring 84 Million Turks into Europe?

If logic worked in politics, the question to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan should have been: Why has your country so passionately sought out, in vain, membership in the European Union? Erdoğan talks about an "evil West"...

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Spotlight: The Dispute over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

The visit of a handful of Israeli lawmakers to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on May 18 touched off demands throughout the world that Israel sharply restrict Jewish access to Judaism’s holiest site. Middle East Forum staff, fellows, and guest contributors have studied this issue closely, arriving at a loose consensus that such restrictions embolden rejectionists who deny Jewish links to the Holy Land, complicating the search for a lasting settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Israel Must Refuse Jordan's Request to Build on the Temple Mount
by Alex Selsky (Jan 31, 2023)
The Fight Over Jerusalem's Temple Mount
by Benjamin Weinthal (Jan 4, 2023)
To Win the War of Independence, Israel Must Govern the Temple Mount
by Alex Selsky (Dec 18, 2022)
Israel's Temple Mount Concessions Spur Palestinian Hopes for Victory
by Tom Nisani (Apr 27, 2022)
Internationalize the Temple Mount
by Josiah Rotenberg (Nov 11, 2020)
Is the Western Wall Judaism's Holiest Site?
by F.M. Loewenberg (Fall 2017)
A Palestinian Victory at the Temple Mount
by Daniel Pipes (Jul 26, 2017)
Did Jews Abandon the Temple Mount?
by F.M. Loewenberg (Summer 2013)

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