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** Volume 13, Issue 45:
“The month of Nissan… the month of spring and the exodus from Egypt, reminds us that our people has withstood fierce storms. This gives strength. This gives hope. We survived Pharaoh and though the battle will be hard and uncompromising, we will also survive corona, with G-d's help and with yours, citizens of Israel."
----- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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** How Turkey is Turning Into the Next Iran ([link removed])
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** By Benjamin Weil / April 3, 2020 / JNS ([link removed])
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While Iran has virtually no close ties with the West and certainly does not speak with the White House, Turkey is a NATO member, and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks from time to time with U.S. President Donald Trump. Other than that, the resemblance between Turkey in past few months and Iran is strikingly odd. Is Iran serving as Turkey’s role model, or does it just so happen that it has taken similar courses of action?
Looking at the years prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the United States has helped Iran ([link removed]) develop government institutions and Westernize the country culture. One such move was the White Revolution, an aggressive campaign of social and economic Westernization that included redistribution of land, increased rights for women, and attempts to improve literacy and health in rural areas. Following the revolution and the rise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran has become more hostile towards the West and turned its back to the liberal reforms.
In Turkey’s case, while it remains a member of NATO, Erdoğan has abandoned Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s vision of a secular country to become more religious ([link removed]) . Will his next move be disengagement from the West? Only time will tell, though the recent acquisition of the S-400 missile system from Russia suggests that Turkey is heading in that direction.
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** Israel
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** The Jewish paradox of the coronavirus ([link removed]) - The Jerusalem Post
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** For Israel, recognizing another enemy is second nature ([link removed]) - Melanie Philips
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** Mossad officer describes convert global battle to obtain ventilators at all costs ([link removed]) - The Times of Israel
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** Islamic Waqf carries out Temple Mount digs, despite coronavirus lockdown ([link removed]) - Jewish News Syndicate
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** Israeli company to donate 6 million tablets of drug to U.S. that could help against coronavirus ([link removed]) - The Jewish Journal
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** Netanyahu goes into quarantine after aide tests positive for coronavirus ([link removed]) - Fox News
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** COVID-19: UN envoys hail strong Israel-Palestine cooperation ([link removed]) - UN News
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** Rashid Khalidi twists history to delegitimize Israel ([link removed]) - Jihad Watch
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** Israeli army strikes Hamas post after rocket launched from Gaza, reports say ([link removed]) - Haaretz
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** Pakistani court overturns conviction in 2002 killing of Daniel Pearl ([link removed]) - New York Times
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** Iran's parliament says speaker Ali Larijani has tested positive for the new coronavirus and is in quarantine ([link removed]) - The Washington Post
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** Another Khashoggi? Turks cover up murder or Iranian dissident ([link removed]) - Middle East Forum
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** Trump says Iran planing 'sneak attack' on US troops, assets in Iraq ([link removed]) - Fox News
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** U.S. could rethink Iran sanctions in light of coronavirus: Pompeo ([link removed]) - Reuters
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** Europe sends medical goods to Iran in test of sanctions bypass mechanism ([link removed]) - France24
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** Qatar's state-of-the-art foreign lobby campaign ([link removed]) - Tablet Magazine
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** 'Blood libel never a Church teaching,' says prominent US Catholic academic, as defenders of antisemitic Italian painting come forward ([link removed]) - The Algemeiner
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