
Melissa Sacks
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1 week ago |
fdd.org | Reagan Easter |Melissa Sacks |David May
The United States banished former University of South Florida professor Sami al-Arian for supporting terrorism. But some U.S. academics have flocked to him, like flies to manure. Since his deportation in 2015, al-Arian has turned his pseudo-academic center in Turkey into a mecca for both terrorists and American academics sympathetic to their viewpoint.
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2 weeks ago |
fdd.org | Max Meizlish |David May |Melissa Sacks
The United States must increase pressure on South Africa to reverse five of its harmful policies. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s arrival in Washington this week to meet with President Donald Trump offers the administration an opportunity to take stock of a bilateral relationship that is increasingly out of line with American interests and values.
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2 months ago |
fdd.org | Jonathan Schanzer |Sinan Ciddi |Melissa Sacks
Turkey’s History of Hamas SupportThousands of people rallied at Istanbul’s iconic Galata Bridge on New Year’s Day 2025 in support of the Palestinian cause and to protest Israel. Bilal Erdogan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son, was among its speakers. Bilal spoke of the “martyrs” of Palestine, including Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the October 7, 2023, slaughter of 1,200 Israelis. This is, by now, barely newsworthy given Ankara’s long track record of pro-Hamas rhetoric.
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Sep 16, 2024 |
fdd.org | David May |Melissa Sacks
Did tax-exempt money help activists release maggots and mealworms on the Israeli prime minister’s delegation to Washington, DC, in late July? The perpetrators reportedly hailed from the Palestinian Youth Movement, which receives tax-exempt donations through WESPAC, a Westchester, NY-based non-profit. Many of the most active and most hostile pro-Palestinian groups operating today are raising money for their activities through an opaque funding typology: fiscal sponsorship.
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Apr 12, 2024 |
nationalinterest.org | Sinan Ciddi |Melissa Sacks
Turkey’s patronage of Hamas is well-established and widely known. Ankara has hosted the terrorist organization inside of its borders since 2011. Since Hamas carried out deadly terrorist attacks on October 7, the Turkish government has pursued a duplicitous policy of increasing its public advocacy for Hamas, vilifying Israel in the minds of Turkish citizens, all while profiting from continued trade with Israel.
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