Cyprus Archives - Israel Rising

ISRAEL-TURKEY CONFRONTATION: Is Cyprus Ground Zero for War?

May 21, 2018

Since 1974 Turkey has occupied 40% of Cyprus, constituting in what the international community holds is an illegal occupation. In that time Turkey has driven out the Greek Cypriots from the Turkish enclave in t...

BIBI NETANYAHU TO ERDOGAN: “Don’t Preach to Us About Morality”

David Mark

May 15, 2018

Politics, Radical Islam, Regional Analysis

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Turkey's islamist and autocratic ruler President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has taken the lead in the current international onslaught against Israel for its defense from Hamas terrorists. “Israel is wreaking state...

President of Turkey: “Israel is a state of occupation”

Orit ben Tzvi

December 10, 2017

Politics

In an unhinged reaction to President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday described Israel as a "state of occupation" which used "terror" agai...

How Serious is the Emerging Alliance Between Israel, Greece, and Cyprus?

Orit ben Tzvi

June 14, 2017

Partnerships, Regional Analysis

The answer to the above is... very serious. I wrote the following over a year ago in my article: Israel is Moving Beyond Turkey: The alliance stands to quickly change the Eastern Mediterranean geopolitical re...

Can Israel Broker a Peace Deal Between Cyprus and Turkey?

Orit ben Tzvi

July 25, 2016

Regional Analysis

Prime Minister Netanyahu met with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday and discussed cooperation on terrorism and energy exploration. The two countries have always been on good terms, but have grown ...

Can the Turkey-Russian War Break the Alliance System?

David Mark

February 15, 2016

Regional Analysis

Are we in 1914 or 2016. Sometimes with all of the alliances it's hard to tell. Then again when it comes to Syria there are some outliers that might just throw the alliance system out the window. With the war ...

Israel is Moving Beyond Turkey

Orit ben Tzvi

January 28, 2016

Politics, Regional Analysis

Israel, Greece, and Cyprus held a top level three way meeting on building a gas pipeline from Israel and Cyprus to Greece, for exporting gas to Europe. This has been brewing for a while and the reports that we...

The Quiet Revolution

David Mark

December 27, 2015

Regional Analysis, Thought

Darkness feels like it’s everywhere these days. From ISIS, Iran, and Hezbollah on our borders and the slow motion Palestinian Intifada within, our enemies are literally surrounding us. Old friends are in disa...

[Podcast] Israel’s Allies and Turkey’s Demise

David Mark

December 15, 2015

Podcasts, Politics, Regional Analysis

This podcast is a continuation of my previous post on Israel's indigenous allies. The podcast covers Turkey's isolation and the fast pace of the new security and energy alliance in the Eastern Mediterranean be...

Israel’s Indigenous Allies

David Mark

December 14, 2015

Regional Analysis, Thought

In the turbulent middle east friends can be hard to find, yet there are some allies Israel can unify behind it under the banner of fellow indigenous people of the region. Before the Islamic Jihad poured out of...

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