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Trump backs Netanyahu as Liberman slams 'Bibi the puppet'

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Gadi Zaig - the top stories, clear and concise.

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US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington D.C., April 7, 2025.
Turkish-Israeli citizen Kloyda Medina Halfon attacked in an Istanbul mall, October 19, 2026.

'Terrorist in Istanbul!' Pro-Palestinian mob attacks Israeli-Turkish citizen Kloyda Medina in mall

Security personnel quickly intervened in the incident, escorting Halfon away from the protesters and out of the mall. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM, YOAV ETIEL
A WORKER rests next to an oil pump in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Voices from the Arab Press: Red lines in Syria, Azerbaijani oil, and Anwar Sadat

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses of the Arab media around the world.

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Protesters hold up Pride flags as they stand in front of riot police officers in Izmir, Turkey, on June 27, 2026.

Turkey detains 26 people in raids targeting LGBTQ+ associations over accusations of obscenity

Dubbed "My Family is Safe," the government's crackdown comes as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promotes a "Decade of Family and Population," an initiative designed to tackle falling birth rates.

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Mossad, Turkey foil Iranian plot to kidnap Israelis

One of the alleged targets was the former Israeli ambassador and his wife who were staying at a hotel in Istanbul.

JUNE 23, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, ROMAN MEITAV
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog review a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony in Ankara, Turkey March 9, 2022.

Why Israel shouldn't join the Istanbul Convention - opinion

The Istanbul Convention is a treaty that would subject Israel to the review of a hostile international commission.

JUNE 11, 2022ByEUGENE KONTOROVICH
JUSTICE MINISTER Gideon Sa’ar confers with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Knesset. Sa’ar decided to defer Israel’s joining the Istanbul Convention.

Israeli journalists visit Turkey a month after President Herzog

Museum of Turkish Jews Director Nisya Isman Allovi told the group that the synagogue and Jewish community have been hit by three terror attacks since 1986.

APRIL 11, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Neve Shalom Synagogue, Istanbul, Turkey.

Istanbul International Airport now offering kosher food

More than a million people fly Turkish Airlines from Israel every year and many kosher-keeping Jews pass through the Istanbul airport.

FEBRUARY 18, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
A new kosher food machine at Istanbul International Airport

Eastern Anatolia: Kars, Caucasians and Even Kardashians!

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 27

FEBRUARY 15, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Cildir Lake

Seeing the future of Turkey's culture in Istanbul

With Turkey’s face pointing towards a brighter future there clearly is plenty to see and hear in Istanbul.

DECEMBER 7, 2021ByBARRY DAVIS
A scene from the Turkish opera 'Sinan,' which was performed on the opening night of the AKM.

Sa'ar pushes for Israel to join Istanbul Convention on domestic violence

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar is pushing for Israel to join the Council of Europe convention to fight violence against women and domestic violence.

NOVEMBER 2, 2021ByEVE YOUNG
Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe take part in a debate at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, April 25, 2017.

1,600-year-old fountain discovered in Istanbul

Turkish archaeologists found a Byzantine-era fountain while repairing an ancient palace in Istanbul.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Local and foreign visitors, with the Byzantine-era monument of Hagia Sophia in the background, stroll at Sultanahmet square in Istanbul

Abbas, Erdogan discuss Gaza reconstruction, reconciliation with Hamas

According to Palestinian sources, Abbas will also ask Erdogan to pressure Hamas to stop inciting against the PA leadership following the death of Banat.

JULY 10, 2021ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) address the media at the Presidential Palace in Ankara January 12, 2015

Turkish Nazi sympathizer has park in Istanbul named after him

'Exterminate Jews like the Germans,' wrote Hüseyin Nihal Atsız.

MARCH 23, 2021ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Nihal Atsız