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Why Does Turkey Want to Befriend Israel?
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gives a speech.
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Can Israelis trust President Erdoğan?
Turkey announced it will reestablish its embassy at Tel Aviv, Israel, Al-Monitor reported last month. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reportedly chose Ufuk Ulutas, a veteran diplomat and Hebrew speaker, to fill the post. This comes soon after several historic normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab states.
Turkey was the first Muslim country to recognize Israel’s sovereignty in 1949. Since then, Turkey had generally friendly relations with Israel. But this changed with the rise of Erdoğan, a strongman and Islamist who has ruled the country since 2003. Israel and Turkey never formally severed their political relations. However, Turkey expelled Israel’s ambassador and recalled its own from Tel Aviv in 2018. This was in response to Israel cracking down on Palestinian protests after the United States mo
ENOUGH No More Jews in Belgium
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The EU’s highest court upholds Belgian bans on kosher and halal slaughter practices.
December 28, 2020
The European Court of Justice (ecj) the European Union’s highest court upheld Belgium’s ban on slaughtering animals without first stunning them. This December 17 ruling upholds the prohibition on kosher and halal slaughter in Belgium in the name of “animal welfare” and clears a path for additional bans across Europe.
In 2019, two of Belgium’s three states banned the slaughter of animals without first stunning them, despite objections from Jewish and Muslim community leaders. Several groups filed a petition arguing that the bans illegally limit religious freedom. However the ecj’s decision on Thursday declared that these bans do not violate the EU’s principles on freedom of worship