Palestine Think Tank

The Islamic world is obliged to undergo a deep-rooted and all-embracing change. It cannot continue in its current form. No one is denying this. However, there is a reality which both the West and our intellectuals must accept: The Islamic world can change only in accordance with its own inner dynamics and points of reference.
Attempts [...]

Today's "cartoon" is a photo. It is one of the series published by a site we adore, Timeturk, so check out the entire gallery. Thanks to beloved Guzin for sharing the link and for her ideas and thoughts. Thanks to Hasan for publishing photos of these demonstrations. We'll be seeing a lot more of what Turkey and its great people can do, so keep tuned!

Guzin Bilgi, a Turkish activist/musician/translator presents a comparison of the positions Madonna and Erdogan have of Israel. In the second clip, together with Sakis, a Greek musician, Guzin sings "Die Israel". Don't miss the spoken word segment.

By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine
The recent Turkish decision to exclude Israel from an aerial military exercise over Turkish territory is another indication that Turkey will not allow itself to be blackmailed by criminal international Zionism.
Following the decision, Zionist officials and media sought to mitigate its impact on the increasingly troubled relations with Turkey by claiming [...]

By Dr. Alan Sabrosky*
There is always something compelling about a "David and Goliath" confrontation. Most of us prefer winners to losers, and almost everyone feels a thrill when the underdog takes a stand and prevails.
This is the surprising situation now unfolding in the rising drama of the Goldstone Report on Gaza. Goliath — in [...]

Timeturk spoke with the man who kissed Turkish Prime Minister on his forehead during his visit to Poland.
WRITTEN BY M.Hasan UNCULAR / TIMETURK
Last Friday a man kissed Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on his forehead in his visit to Poland. Timeturk spoke with this man who lives in Poland with his two children and Polish wife. 
 
El Ali starts [...]

WRITTEN BY IQBAL TAMIMI Yesterday evening the Centre for Islamic Studies in Oxford hosted Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by his wife Amina, whom I consider as an icon of a Muslim woman that deserves all the respect and admiration for her continuous support for the Palestinian women and her courage and dedication to [...]

This article, which I only found yesterday, thanks to my friend Susanne, is slightly dated by a few weeks, but it is an absolutely astonishing document revealing the behind-the-scenes goings on prior to the current cease-fire in Gaza. Italian journalists of Arabmonitor, the first portal of the Arab World in Italy, have interviewed several of [...]

The World Economic Forum at Davos had an incredible moment of truth… After Shimon Peres was allowed to justify the wanton killing that the Jewish State engaged in over the territory they have strangled with their inhumane blockade, (and received applause for it by the men and women waiting for their champaign glasses to be [...]