A new global soft-power, Erdogan is funding thousands of mosques

Israel IsraelIsrael has announced plans to build more residences for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank. The planning committee for the same gave its final approval for 1,800 housing units and preliminary approval for 1,344 others. This announcement came after a public rebuke of Israeli policy from US President Joe Biden’s administration.

This initiative is done to seek immediate condemnation from Palestinians, peace activists and neighbouring state of Jordan. The announcement from the Ministr a weekly, said. In 2017, German authorities investigated a number of imams on suspicion that they had spied on followers of Fethullah Gülen, the Pennsylvania-based preacher whom Ankara blames for an attempted coup against Erdoğan in 2016. At the time, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency was reported to be considering placing DİTİB under official surveillance.

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Khalid Al Mansoori is a political analyst and journalist who covers GCC diplomacy, Arab League affairs, and regional developments in the Middle East.

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