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Turkish-Palestinian project, backed by Israel, will allow duty-free exports to US

 

Israel’s Foreign Ministry hosting Turkish delegation that arrived in Israel to discuss investment project backed by Jerusalem, the EU & Washington, that would allow Palestinians to export goods duty free to the US.

By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON

 

A Turkish delegation met in Tel Aviv on Monday with Likud Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara, the acting minister of the Regional Cooperation Ministry, to promote a proposal to build an industrial zone near Jenin in the West Bank.

The Turkish delegation included Prof. Guven Sak, the managing director of the Economic Policy Research foundation of Turkey, an economic policy think tank based in Ankara. Continue Reading »

U.S. Congress Cancelled Predator Drone Delivery to Turkey

Reports fromTurkish newspaper: The American Congress cancelled the scheduled delivery of US made UAVs to Turkey because of Ankara’s  exposing of Israeli spies to the Iranians.

By Elad Benari

 

The United States Congress cancelled the delivery to Turkey of 10 Predators – unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – following Turkish intelligence chief Hakan Fidan’s disclosure of the identity of 10 Iranians who had been working for the Mossad, the Turkish Taraf daily reported on Monday.

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Predator – unmanned aircraft, Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

According to the newspaper, the claims about Fidan can be traced back to the year after the Mavi Marmara incident in 2010. Continue Reading »