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☆ The Taliban appears to be patrolling Kabul on rollerblades while carrying AK-47s, video shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A video appears to show Taliban security forces patrolling Kabul on rollerblades. The Taliban took complete control of Afghanistan in 2021 following the withdrawal of US troops. A video posted on YouTube shows what appears to be several uniformed Taliban members carrying AK-47s and "skitching," holding on to a truck while being pulled along. The slick video appears to have been made for propaganda purposes and is a departure from the types of content previously posted by the YouTuber. AdvertisementFollowing the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban took complete control of the country.

Persons: — Organizations: AK, Service, Kabul — rollerblades, YouTube, Hollywood, Islamic Locations: Kabul, rollerblades, Afghanistan, Kabul —, Afghan, Emirate

☆ Fact Check: Video shows stunt choreography, not attack on Israeli women
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A choreographed video produced by a French stunt school has been miscaptioned amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war with false claims it shows Israeli women fighting off Muslim or Arab men. !”It was also shared (archived) on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The video shows a choreographed scene performed by a stunt team in France, part of the Campus Univers Cascades stunt school, and not an actual fight. The school shared the video on its Instagram (archived) account on Nov. 2. The video was produced by a stunt school and does not show an actual fight.

Persons: Lucas Dollfus, ”, Read Organizations: Facebook, TEN, AK, Twitter, Reuters, Thomson Locations: French, Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, France

☆ Israel Searches for More Evidence of Hamas Presence at Gaza’s Largest Hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Sune Engel Rasmussen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Israeli military on Thursday said it continued to search through Gaza’s largest hospital for further evidence that it is used by Hamas for military purposes, as Israel faced growing pressure to justify sending troops into a medical facility. On Wednesday, after a day of searching through Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, questioning patients, staff and displaced people sheltering inside, Israel released footage of AK-47 assault rifles, grenades, battle vests with Hamas insignia and other assorted military equipment it said it found hidden in the MRI wing of the hospital.

Organizations: Shifa Locations: Israel, Al, Gaza City

☆ Sweden's NATO bid delayed in Turkish parliament
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Huseyin Hayatsever | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsANKARA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs commission delayed a vote on Sweden's NATO membership bid on Thursday in a further setback to the Nordic country's hopes of joining the Western alliance after 18 months of waiting. "For all of our lawmakers to approve Sweden's NATO membership, they need to be fully convinced. While there is no clear timeframe on approving the purchase request for the F-16s, Ankara has linked the issue to Sweden's bid. Some analysts say Turkey's parliament could fully ratify the bid by a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Nov. 28-29. While NATO member Hungary has also not ratified Sweden's membership, Turkey is seen as the main roadblock to Sweden's accession.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Fuat Oktay, Tayyip Erdogan's, Oktay, Erdogan, Finland's, Burak, Ali Sahin, Huseyin Hayatsever, Jonathan Spicer, Christina Fincher Organizations: NATO, REUTERS, Rights, Nordic, Kurdistan Workers, European Union, AK Party, White, Sweden's, Thomson Locations: Rights ANKARA, Turkish, Swedish, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine, Turkey, embargoes, United States, Stockholm, Canada, Netherlands, Ankara, Brussels, Gaza, Moscow, Russia, Hungary, U.S, Hungarian, Budapest

☆ Israel Says It Found Evidence of Hamas Activity at Gaza Hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Dov Lieber | Chao Deng | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel released footage from Gaza’s largest hospital on Wednesday that it said proved the site was being used by Hamas militants, after searching buildings in an operation that carries high stakes for both sides of the war. The footage showed the MRI wing of the sprawling Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, where Israel said it found AK-47s, grenades, military uniforms and a battle vest with the insignia of Hamas’s military wing. In a video, an Israeli military spokesman pointed to a laptop, a hand-held tactical radio and a set of discs as evidence of a Hamas command center in the hospital, although the laptop screen was blurred and he didn’t specify what was found on it.

Organizations: Hamas, Shifa, AK Locations: Israel, Gaza City

☆ Hamas bodycam video shows early moments of massacre and tunnels under Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Hamas video provided by Israeli Defense ForcesThe video marks the first time that Israel has publicly released footage of Hamas tunnels in Gaza it says were being used on the day of the attack. The video shows him run past one man who readies a rocket-propelled grenade on his shoulder. The video shows the gunman with the bodycam charging the last bit as he spots an Israeli soldier on the ground. He asks God for victory and “well-deserved martyrdom.”Hamas video provided by Israeli Defense ForcesFrom here, the group advances on motorbikes, speeding along nearly empty Israeli roads. The timestamp on the video shows that it is just after 7:40 in the morning.

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☆ Erdogan criticises top Turkey court, stoking 'judicial crisis'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Ece Toksabay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Murat... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreANKARA, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waded into a brewing judicial crisis on Friday, criticising the Constitutional Court for "many mistakes" and backing an unprecedented challenge to it by an appeals court, as opponents marched in Ankara. In a twist - which critics said highlighted the diminished state of Turkey's legal system - the top appeals court said the Constituional Court's ruling was unconstitutional. "The Constitutional Court cannot and should not underestimate the step taken by the Court of Cassation on this matter," he said. They were headed to the appeals court and video showed they were briefly delayed by police. "The Court of Cassation's backlash (...) is an open and combative attack against the Constitutional Court," said Bertil Oder, professor of constitutional law at Koc University.

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☆ Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets lawmakers of his AK Party in the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, October 25, 2023. "The products of companies that support Israel will not be sold in restaurants, cafeterias and tea houses in the parliament campus," Turkey's Grand National Assembly said, without identifying the companies. Neither the parliament statement nor the source specified how Coca-Cola and Nestle supported Israel's war effort. Over the past month, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his government have sharply criticised Israel's assault on Gaza and Western support for Jerusalem. Israel has bombarded Gaza since a Hamas raid on southern Israel a month ago, when its fighters killed 1,400 people and seized 240 hostages.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Murat Cetinmuhurdar, Numan Kurtulmus, Nestle, Israel, Huseyin Hayatsever, Daren Butler, Alex Richardson, Jonathan Spicer Organizations: AK Party, REUTERS, Rights, Nestle, Israel, National Assembly, Cola, Palestinian, Hamas, stevedores, Ece, Thomson Locations: Turkish, Ankara, Turkey, Handout, Rights ANKARA, Gaza, Israel, Barcelona, Jerusalem

☆ US appeals court upholds Illinois assault weapons ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld an Illinois state ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines enacted after a 2022 mass shooting in Chicago's Highland Park suburb that left seven people dead and dozens more wounded. The Democratic-backed state measure bans the sale and distribution of many kinds of high-powered semiautomatic "assault weapons," including AK-47 and AR-15 rifles, and large-capacity magazines. In one notable aspect of its reasoning in upholding the Illinois law, the appellate panel cited a U.S. Supreme Court opinion last year that struck down New York state's limits on carrying concealed handguns outside the home. In August, a divided Illinois Supreme Court upheld the assault weapons ban in a separate case brought at the state court level, rejecting arguments that the law violated the state constitution by not applying the ban equally to all citizens. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California's assault weapons ban would remain in force while the state attorney general appealed a lower-court decision declaring that 30-year-old measure unconstitutional.

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☆ Why Israel showed searing images of the Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Kaitlan Collins | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —It begins on that early Saturday morning, October 7, as Hamas militants pile into the back of white pickup trucks while the sun is still rising, AK-47s slung around their chests. Israeli officials explained they are not releasing the video publicly out of respect for the victims. In another scene from the video, two Hamas militants enter a kibbutz. In the three weeks since the attack, Israel has bombed Gaza constantly from the skies. Israeli officials say the country is targeting Hamas militants and their strategic locations, which officials say are embedded among the civilian population.

Persons: Assembly –, ”, Israel, “ Allahu akbar ”, HaAsara, “, “ It’s, You’re, revelers, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mickey Edelstein, Gilad Erdan Organizations: CNN, AK, Israel Defense Forces, United Nations, Assembly, Nova Locations: United States, Israel, Gaza, dumpsters, “, Gaza City

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, October 25, 2023. Political analysts said his planned address in Istanbul aimed to reinforce his growing criticism of Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip and to overshadow Sunday's celebrations marking Turkey's secular roots. Turkey has condemned Israeli civilian deaths caused by Hamas's Oct. 7 rampage through southern Israel, but Erdogan this week called the militant group Palestinian "freedom fighters". ATATURK LEGACYThis week, Erdogan invited all Turks to attend the rally where he said "only our flag and the Palestine flag will wave". Erdogan, Turkey's longest-serving leader, and his Islamist-rooted AK Party have eroded support for the Western-facing ideals of Ataturk, who is revered by most Turks.

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MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Protests in Mozambique over disputed local election results resulted in the deaths of a police officer and a civilian Friday, a corruption watchdog group said. The unrest followed Thursday's official validation of the election results, which gave the ruling Frelimo party victory in 64 out of 65 municipalities. A consortium of election observers had reported widespread ballot stuffing, voter intimidation and falsification of results in favor of Frelimo in the Oct. 11 elections. Demonstrators barricaded streets during the protests, which were concentrated in Mozambique's capital, Maputo, and the northern cities of Nampula and Nacala. In Maputo, main opposition party Renamo led its supporters in a march.

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[1/4] A man identified as a suspect by police points what appears to be a semiautomatic rifle, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., October 25, 2023. Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsOct 25 (Reuters) - At least 22 people were killed and 50 to 60 wounded on Wednesday in mass shootings at multiple locations including a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, NBC News reported, citing a Lewiston police source. "There is an active shooter in Lewiston," Maine state police said previously on the social media platform X. The Sun Journal, citing a Lewiston police spokesperson, reported shootings at three separate businesses: the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley, Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant, and a Walmart distribution center. The number of annual homicides in the state has fluctuated between 16 and 29 since 2012, according to Maine State Police.

Persons: Robert Card, Joe Biden, Janet Mills, Senators Angus King, Susan Collins, Jared Golden, Daniel Trotta, Julia Harte, Steve Gorman, Trevor Hunnicutt, Sandra Maler, Ross Colvin, Lincoln, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Facebook, REUTERS Acquire, NBC News, Lewiston Police Department, Police, Sun, Central Maine Medical Center, U.S, Senators, El Paso Walmart, AK, Maine State Police, Thomson Locations: Lewiston , Maine, U.S, Androscoggin County, Lewiston, Maine, Maine's, Portland . Lewiston, Augusta, Portland, Washington, United States, El Paso, Las Vegas

☆ Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas is not a terrorist organisation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NO ARCHIVES Acquire Licensing RightsANKARA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands and people. "Hamas is not a terrorist organisation, it is a liberation group, 'mujahideen' waging a battle to protect its lands and people," he said, using an Arabic word denoting those who fight for their faith. Erdogan also slammed Western powers that have voiced support for Israel's retaliation against Hamas, saying "Western tears shed for Israel are a manifestation of fraud". Many of Turkey's NATO allies consider Hamas a terrorist group, and Erdogan's comments drew a swift rebuke from Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who said they were "grave and disgusting and did not help with de-escalation". Erdogan accused Israel of taking advantage of Turkey's good intentions.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Murat Cetinmuhurdar, Erdogan, Matteo Salvini, Antonio, Tajani, Salvini, Israel, Gumrukcu, Huseyin Hayatsever, Daren Butler, Gareth Jones Organizations: AK Party, Turkish, REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian, Hamas, AK, NATO, Ece Toksabay, Thomson Locations: Ankara, Turkey, Handout, Rights ANKARA, Gaza, Israel, Turkish, Gaza . Turkey

☆ Turkey's Erdogan submits Sweden's NATO bid to parliament for ratification -presidency
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses lawmakers from his ruling AK Party at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Turkey October 11, 2023. NO ARCHIVES./File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsANKARA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday submitted a bill approving Sweden's NATO membership bid to parliament for ratification, the presidency said, in a move welcomed by Stockholm that clears the way for it to join the Western defence alliance. "The Protocol on Sweden's NATO Accession was signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October 23, 2023 and referred to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey," the presidency said on social media platform X without elaborating. Finland's membership was sealed in April, in a historic expansion of the alliance, but Sweden's bid had been held up by Turkey and Hungary. Erdogan has previously linked Sweden's NATO bid to U.S. support for its request.

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CNN —When Hamas militants broke through the Gaza fence in this month’s unprecedented attack on Israel, the kibbutz of Mefalsim – less than two miles from the border – was on the front lines. That precision, local Israeli security personnel say, was no accident: The fighters seemed to have known exactly where they were headed. CNN has reviewed documents that Israeli officials say were Hamas attack plans, which suggest that the group collected remarkably granular detail on its targets. Two local Israeli security personnel told CNN they independently saw photos of the plan, and it closely matched the Hamas fighters’ tactics during the attack. But like in Mefalsim, Hamas did not successfully attack Sa’ad – no one died, according to the first responders group.

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However since parliament opened on Oct. 1, its foreign affairs commission, which would debate the NATO bid, has received almost 60 international agreements to review - excluding Sweden's, official data shows. A second person familiar with U.S.-Turkish talks said a rough proposal - in which each side would take steps toward ratifying the NATO bid on the one side, and the F-16s purchase on the other - had been delayed. IN NO RUSHTurkey, NATO's second-biggest military, is still expected to ultimately endorse Sweden's bid and could rapidly move on it. Addressing the drone incident, which occurred near U.S. troops on Oct. 5, Erdogan said last week: "Isn't Turkey a NATO ally of the U.S.? Finnish membership was sealed in April, marking an historic expansion of the Western defence bloc, but Sweden's bid remains held up by Turkey and Hungary.

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☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | Andrew Raine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Cheap, second-hand, and purloined weapons comprised Hamas’ deadly makeshift arsenal that fueled a devastating, multi-pronged attack on Israel over the weekend. CNN analyzed dozens of photos and videos of Hamas militants during the surprise assault to identify the weapons used to kill at least 1,200 people in Israel. One expert described how the intricately planned assault, in which Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel by land, sea and air, reflects a change in Hamas’ overall military strategy. Others believe certain firearms were likely supplied from Iran, which the US State Department has said bolsters the terrorist group with money, military equipment and training. It’s fertile ground for a condemned terror group to scavenge and transform weapons for guerrilla warfare.

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☆ Here's the US weaponry Israel will likely use in its ground invasion of Gaza and how Hamas could respond
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Israel is currently preparing for a ground invasion in Gaza. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsrael is mobilizing for a ground operation in Gaza following Hamas' deadly terror attacks last weekend that claimed more than 1,300 lives, many of them civilians. The Israel Defense Forces have not sent ground troops into Gaza since 2014, but since 2005, they have trained in urban warfare at a facility soldiers call "Mini Gaza." AdvertisementAdvertisementHere are some of the weapons and military gear Israeli forces will likely use — and what Hamas might use in response. Israel's new Eitan APC is a multi-purpose, 8x8 wheeled combat vehicle intended to replace the older M113 APCs that the IDF has used previously, according to Army Technology.

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Cheap, second-hand, and purloined weapons comprised Hamas’ deadly makeshift arsenal that fueled a devastating, multi-pronged attack on Israel over the weekend. CNN analyzed dozens of photos and videos of Hamas militants during the surprise assault to identify the weapons used to kill at least 1,200 people in Israel. In previous battles with Israel, Hamas was known to have fired rockets made of old water pipes, the researcher noted. BulldozersPhoto-illustration: CNN/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa/ReutersSeveral experts who spoke to CNN emphasized the ad hoc nature of the Hamas attack. In some videos, Hamas militants can be seen driving Israel Defense Forces (IDF) vehicles and using Israeli weapons that were likely taken during the initial fighting.

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[1/5] A new building for earthquake survivors is under construction in Diyarbakir, Turkey August 26, 2023. With work underway on a fraction of the planned new buildings in the devastated city of Adiyaman, Kaplan fears a long wait together with his disabled wife and other survivors. One senior government official with direct knowledge of the reconstruction plan said the target could be missed, citing insufficient fresh funding to hold new tenders amid rising costs. They both said the effort had taken a blow when fewer companies bid for the reconstruction tenders after a post-election economic policy U-turn in June sent the currency plunging. "Our budget resources have been prepared for this huge, comprehensive project and can be updated when necessary," Erdogan's office said.

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☆ I'm the executive sales coach lead at Google and work with teams and leaders across the globe. These are the 4 habits that I see the most successful leaders practice.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ikwuakor noticed that the best leaders are even-tempered. AdvertisementAdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with AK Ikwuakor , a 38-year-old executive sales coach lead at Google from Marina Del Rey, California. As an executive coach, corporate team trainer, and consultant, I've worked with leaders and teams from fledgling startups to global conglomerates such as Google, Duke Basketball and the State Department. The best decision can fall flat if it's not translated into action, so the best leaders create a plan, assign responsibilities, and provide people with resources and support. The goal of successful leaders is the opposite of this: maintaining emotional intelligence while executing their daily objectives.

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☆ ‘I’m going to funeral after funeral.’ The music festival survivor who hid in an orange grove for 6 hours
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Sheena Mckenzie | Cnn Opinion | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —A split-second decision to run and hide in an orange grove could be the very thing that saved 22-year-old Gal Katz’s life, after Hamas militants unleashed a harrowing assault on an Israeli music festival in the early hours of Saturday. As gunmen approached, festival-goer Katz and a friend fled for the nearby grove, where they hid for around six hours. Katz’s other friends at the festival, however, did not survive — killed by terrorists who found them inside a security shelter. I figured if it was something serious, [music festival security] would end the party and tell us what to do. The terrorists aren’t interested in orange groves — they’re looking for houses, they’re looking for cities, they’re looking for settlements.

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☆ A friend of a 25-year-old woman filmed begging militants not to kill her says no one can escape the videos and firsthand accounts of Hamas' attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An Israeli paramedic said it's impossible to escape videos of Hamas' attacks on Israel. "And then someone sent me the video," Gorjaltsan told Insider on Wednesday. In the now-viral video, Argamani is seen begging Hamas militants not to kill her as she's whisked away on a motorbike. After he saw the video, Gorjaltsan said he went to the hospital with a friend and found Argamani's parents. In the recording, Gorjaltsan said Man could be heard "begging" for more ambulances to come to the kibbutz.

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☆ Turkey's Erdogan calls Israeli response to Hamas in Gaza a 'massacre'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Tuvan Gumrukcu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsANKARA, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israel's blockade and bombing of Gaza in retaliation for Palestinian militant group Hamas' attack was a disproportionate response amounting to a "massacre". With Ankara offering to mediate, Erdogan and his foreign minister held calls with regional powers, the United States and others. Speaking to his ruling AK Party in parliament, Erdogan said even war had a "morality" but the flare-up since the weekend had "very severely" violated that. On Wednesday, Erdogan criticised Israel's "disproportionate" attacks on Gaza as "devoid of any ethical foundation", and called on the world not to "blindly" take one side.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Brendan McDermid, Erdogan, Israel's, Daren Butler, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: General Assembly, REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian, Hamas, Ankara, AK Party, European Union, U.S, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Rights ANKARA, Gaza, United States, Ankara, Israel, Turkey, Palestinian, Americas, Europe

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