In typical islamic supremacist fashion, muslim jihadists commit an act of aggression against Israel and then play the victim card when Israel successfully fights back. The west consistently indulges this behavior. Turkey, in an act of war, sent the jihadist IHH to breech Israel's lawful blockade of Gaza and violently attacked Israeli commandos who were exorcising Israel's legal right under international law to board the ship. As a result, nine of the terrorists aboard the Mavi Marmara were deservedly killed. Israel owes Turkey no apology and no compensation. As to the claim in the report that Israel used excessive force, the IDF commandos boarded the ship with paintball guns. So that's a crock. Given that the Palmer report on the jihad flotilla confirmed the legality of Israel's blockade of Gaza, they felt compelled to show their "evenhandedness" by finding fault with Israel in some way. Anyway, Turkey is throwing a tantrum in response to the Palmer report and because Israel refuses to apologize to Turkey for Turkey's act of war against Israel.
Israel Hayom:
Turkey expels Israeli ambassador, cancels military agreements
Turkish foreign minister rejects findings of U.N.'s Palmer report, says Ankara to embark on diplomatic offensive • Israel says there will be no apology • MK Danny Danon (Likud) sends letter to Hillary Clinton: Declare Turkey a state supporter of terrorism.
Shlomo Cesana, Lior Yakobi and News Agencies
Turkey on Friday downgraded its diplomatic relations with Israel to the lowest possible level, expelling the Israeli ambassador and canceling all military agreements with Israel, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters, a day after The New York Times published a leaked U.N. report into the May 2010 Gaza flotilla incident.
The report backed Israel's legal right to impose a naval blockade on Gaza, but said Israeli commandos used "excessive and unacceptable force" when they commandeered the Mavi Marmara, the lead ship in the Gaza-bound flotilla, in international waters. The report slammed Turkey for not doing enough to ward off the deadly confrontation at sea. Turkey has rejected the report's conclusions and is sticking to its demand that Israel apologize for the incident, which left nine of its citizens dead, and compensate the victims' families.
A visibly angry Davutoglu told reporters at a press conference that since Israel had not apologized for the incident, Ankara was embarking on a series of steps against Israel, including scrapping all military agreements between the two once-close allies, and downgrading diplomatic ties to the level of second secretary. Davutoglu said that Israel's ambassador in Ankara, Gaby Levy, will leave Turkey by Wednesday.
Davutoglyu said Turkey would initiate legal action against the Gaza blockade in international courts, as well as aid families of those killed in the Gaza flotilla raid in seeking litigation against Israel.
"Israel, in fact, has misused many of the chances that were given to them and the Israeli government, on the other hand, see themselves [as being] above international laws and human conscience," Davutoglu said.
All military agreements "have been suspended as of now," Davutoglu said, and Turkey will now take any measures necessary for maintaining security in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the foreign minister said.
Israel says there will be no apology. Israeli officials told the Associated Press the report does not demand an Israeli apology, establishing instead that Israel should express regret and pay reparations. continue
4 comments:
Good. No one should cooperate with these backward turkeys.
Good. Good. Good.
It will be so much harder for the Israeli Left to attain power when Israel's enemies are in Overt Jew-Hating Mode. None of this "Moderate Turkey, Singular Islamic Ally Of The Hebrews" bullshit.
A good strong dose of reality is preferable.
Turkey hates Israel and wants it destroyed.
Okay, Peace Now. Advocate appeasement and surrender to an Israeli citizenry that clearly sees how Muslims despise the very existence of Jews. Kinda complicates things, eh kapos?
Poor liberals. How are they supposed to convince Jews to surrender to Jew killers when the Jew killers can't hide their genocidal intentions?
This is an exceedingly poorly executed con job. You are not supposed to send advanced warning to your targets that they are about to be swindled...or in this case, ovened.
Haven't liberal Jews and their Islamist allies ever seen "The Sting"? It might serve as a primer on how to deceive people into their demise.
I like these topics, LEL. They get my creaky old heart pumping.
On a semi-related note, Goodbye Great Britain:
FAWLTY Towers legend John Cleese has come under fire after declaring: "London is no longer an English city."
The comic, 71, said that the mix of cultures had helped the capital win the 2012 Olympics.
But he added that it can be hard to find an English person and that the "parent culture has dissipated".
Cleese, who is performing in Sydney, was asked on Australian TV what he thought of last month's riots around the UK.
He replied: "I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. Let me say this, I don't know what's going on in London because London is no longer an English city.
"That's how they got the Olympics. They said, 'We're the most cosmopolitan city on Earth', but it doesn't feel English.
"I had a Californian friend come over two months ago, walk down the King's Road and say to me, 'Well, where are all the English people?'
"I love having different cultures around but when the parent culture kind of dissipates, you're left thinking, 'What's going on?' "
Here is what's going on, Mister Cleese: By embracing Islam. you Brits have ensured your own demise.
Cheerio!
ROGER COHEN
Report Finds Naval Blockade by Israel Legal but Faults Raid (September 2, 2011)
Editorial: Turkey, Israel and the Flotilla (September 3, 2011)
“At least one of those killed, Furkan Dogan, was shot at extremely close range. Mr. Dogan sustained wounds to the face, back of the skull, back and left leg. That suggests he may already have been lying wounded when the fatal shot was delivered, as suggested by witness accounts to that effect.”
The four-member panel, led by Sir Geoffrey Palmer, a former prime minister of New Zealand, appears with these words to raise the possibility of an execution or something close.
Dogan, born in upstate New York, was an aspiring doctor. Little interested in politics, he’d won a lottery to travel on the Gaza-bound vessel. The report says of him and the other eight people killed that, “No evidence has been provided to establish that any of the deceased were armed with lethal weapons.”
Post a Comment