Weekend Reading: Israeli Identity, Sheikh of the Sinai, and Turkey’s Tumult
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Weekend Reading: Israeli Identity, Sheikh of the Sinai, and Turkey’s Tumult

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J.J. Goldberg, writing on his blog at The Forward, discusses the Israeli religious ministry’s new "Jewish Identity Administration."

Moustafa Amara interviews Sinai tribal council head Sheikh Ali Freij about the fragile situation in the peninsula.

Ihsan Yilmaz gives his opinion on the recent unrest in Istanbul, and the controversial construction project in Gezi Park that sparked it.

 

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