About this blog:

David Michaelis

David Michaelis

Senior Editor, Current Affairs

Souheila Al-Jadda

Souheila Al-Jadda

Producer

 

Two people who work together and happen to be a Muslim (Souheila) and a Jew (David). Both have their roots in the Middle East. Both want to see a lasting peace in the region. Both are willing to talk to one another and to the world about all the misrepresentations and difficult issues that surround Jewish-Muslim relations. Walls of division, suspicion, hatred and fear have been created over the last decades. This is an attempt to bring down those walls.

Add to Google

Add Eye 2 Eye to your iGoogle page or reader

Turkey the Muslim challenge

Israel has very complicated relations with Turkey. It has excellent relation with its Army supplying Turkey with drones. But it needs to figure out how not to lose the Erdogen support, as it can play a crucial role in its negotiations with Syria. Mid East politics are very fluid game of interests. Maybe Israel can learn from the mistakes of Gaza. But basically its whole attitude to the Muslim world has to change and be reconfigured. Israel while based in the Mid East looks and acts too much like an American extension. It needs,especially now, with Obama, to talk and use a different language. But as most Rabbis in Israel are fundamentalists in their outlook,there is scant hope for a dialog that would be constructive.

 
 
 
Digg it!Add to RedditAdd to Del.icio.usShare on Facebook
 
Comments()
Turkey the Muslim challenge