All posts tagged Gaza

  • 5:06 PM CET
    Aug 14, 2014

    Slovakia Launches Aid for Displaced Civilians in Northern Iraq

    Slovakia has joined other European Union states seeking to provide help for displaced civilians in northern Iraq amid the ongoing sectarian fighting in the region, the  country’s foreign ministry said Thursday.

    The eastern EU state will start its aid on a small scale by donating €20,000 to the International Organization for Migration, which has already been active in the Kurdish part of Iraq, the foreign ministry said. Read More »

  • 6:22 PM CET
    Mar 26, 2013

    Turkey’s Erdogan Vows a Gaza Trip, Again

    He’s said it before, but maybe it’ll really happen this time.

    Turkey’s powerful Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday pledged to travel to Gaza as soon as possible, to ensure Israel would keep a promise to ease its blockade in the Palestinian enclave.

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise phone call to Mr. Erdogan on Friday and apologized for a deadly raid on a Turkish aid flotilla by Israeli security forces in 2010. During the call monitored by U.S. President Barack Obama, he also promised to compensate the victims’ families and relax Israel’s Gaza blockade. The diplomatic move was sealed during the visit of Mr. Obama to Israel last week, and hailed as the first step in normalizing Turkish-Israeli relations.

    Mr. Erdogan, speaking to lawmakers from the ruling Justice and Development Party, said he’s planning to join a journey by Turkish aid agencies to Palestinian territories Gaza and the West Bank. The premier said he would check to see for himself that Israel will keep its pledge. Read More »

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