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Shock for German Foreign Minister While in Ukraine, Hurriedly Returns Home, Late February 2024
The Haber Global [World News] Turkish news internet site reported on February 25, 2024, that German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, cut her trip to Ukraine in half because of security concerns. She was visiting the Black Sea port at Mykolaiv. The spokesperson for the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Foreign…
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Armed Attack on Church in Burkina Faso, Africa; Many Casualties, Late February 2024
The Turkish internet news site Yeni Çağ [New Age] reported on February 25, 2024, that unknown persons carried out an armed attack during the Sunday service at the Dori Catholic Church in the village of Essakane. The statement, made from the scene of the crime, claimed that in the attack 15 persons perished and 2…
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The Political Dangers of a Rift in the Relations of Blacks and Jews
This article, originally appearing in the February 7, 2024 edition of the New York Times, was featured on the Greek-language internet site of the Greek newspaper, Kathimerini, on February 13 under the banner of the New York Times|International Edition. The New York Times has maintained a 25-year partnership with Kathimerini, offering to its Greek subscribers…
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Türkiye will speak against Israel at the UN International Court, mid-February 2024 Report
The Russian internet news site mk-turkey.ru, which reports Turkish news in the Russian language, on February 11, 2024, issued an article taken from the Turkish news source, Haber Global [World News], which is based in Türkiye but owned by Azeri businessmen Elnur Abdullayev and Mammad Gulmammadov. The channel’s slogan is “The Free [as in ‘Independent’]…
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President of Türkiye: Ankara Will Not Allow the World To Forget the Crimes of Israel Against Humanity
The Russian-language edition of the Turkish internet news site, Anadolu Ajansi, on February 10, 2024, published the above-entitled article, written by Ulviyya Amoyeva and Kaan Bozdoğan in a manner that confirmed the tenor of the Turkish President’s remarks. Erdoğan provocatively promised to continue to fight for an independent, sovereign state with territorial integrity with a…
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Tension Grows: IDF Prepares for “Expansion of War,” Offensive in North, early February 2024
Israeli Russian-language internet news site, 9tv, on February 9, 2024, published the article with the above title. The article was written by Borislav Protchenko, a journalist and editor for 9tv. A primary source for the article was Major General Ori Gordin, the chief of Israel’s Northern Command. Protchenko’s article follows [translated by LOC]: The Israeli…
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The Development of Relations with the Russian Federation Remains a Priority for Türkiye Despite U.S. Pressure, Early February 2024
Russian-language internet news site, mk-turkey.ru, on February 2, 2024, published an article from that date’s edition of the Turkish e-newspaper, Ekonomim, concerning the problems Turkish businesses are having processing money transfers from Russian counterparts. The head of the Russian-Turkish business council blames this difficulty on the tightening of sanctions on Russia by the West, led…
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עד-אנה ‘הוה How Long, O Lord: David’s Burning Question in Psalms 6 & 13
I had not realized the similarities between Psalms 6/13 until I came across a hymn written by Isaac Watts entitled Ps.13. Psalm 6, in which he combines the two psalms with the linchpin phrase, “How long, O Lord?” Sojourn Music wrote a “blues rendition” of Psalm 13, in which liberties were taken with the text,…
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Import Of Goods From Türkiye To Israel Has Increased Despite the Conflict In Palestine, mid-January 2024
Russian internet news service mk-turkey.ru published this article on January 16, 2024, based on data contained on the Turkish internet news site Ekonomim.com as well as appearing to have drawn substantially from a report on the BalkanInsight internet news site. The original Russian-language report follows [translated by LOC]: According to official data of the Turkish…
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Psalm 12: Yahwah’s Pure Word Will Prevail Against the Haughty Assuredness of the Wicked
The Psalmist gives hope to the one trusting Yahwah’s Word in the face of the lies, half-truths, and the resulting hypocritical behavior of the wicked. Yet, at the same time, however, he paints a two-fold bleak picture of 1) the disappearance of men of steadfastness and loyalty and 2) the oppression and violence suffered by…