Cyprus has been in the news quite a bit recently over a decision to essentially tax people for having their money sitting in banks (there was a time when the banks paid people to have access to their money – times have changed). Israel’s Dore Gold hones in on Cyprus for another reason – it’s […]
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Small Island Flashpoint in the Mediterranean?
Daniel Pipes has written an extremely interesting piece about a little island that sits about one mile off the southern coast of Turkey. Its name is Kastelorizo and though its proximity to Turkey is much closer than Greece, the latter country is the one that currently controls Kastelorizo. As Pipes points out, it’s not necessarily […]