It is time for zionists to wake up from their self-delusion and view the real;ity as it is. Yes you are isolated and loathed and despised not because of the deeds and crimes of your government in Palestine on the one hand and the generally rude and disrespectful behaviour of Israeli tourists abroad on the other hand ant not because of the religion (Judaism) which you claim to represent and your behaviour cannot be as far from its teachings. If you think that your behaviour and crimes in Gazacan be justified by your religion then you are the ones who are shaming that religion

I wish they all go bankrupt. They should blame their nice president who publicly insulted and attacekd Israel and S. Peres in a public event just to make happy the crowd and return in Turkey as an hero....

I have never understood the fascintion of the Israelis that love Sharm el sheikh, Turkey and other muslim countries. It is about time Israelim woke up and understood that getting married in Turkey, or having a holiday in these muslim countries strengthens them through the economy. Hit them where it hurts, and dont relent...

atilla karagözoğlu an true gentelman

will never go back too Turkey again.I had some good holidays in Turkey.But too say leave politics aside is ridiculous.The Turks burnt our flag and cursed us,the Turks hate us but love our money.Please Israelies dont ever go too Turkey for a cheap holiday.There are other places

Israel is not the shunned pariah you make it out to be. There are millions around the world who support the country - and detest the injustices being perpetrated ON IT , NOT BY IT. You exaggerate the type of antipathy shown recently...its coming from predictable sources. Muslims and idiots. Dont worry, many ordinary people around the world also don't buy the Palestinian's stories which you appear to have absorbed 100%. We believe its you who are naive - or maybe they're just good cloaks for your otherwise repressed anti-semitsm? To Turkey - if the Turkish tour operators want to do something about their current situation - they should take their complaints directly to their big mouth Turkish PM. He has single-handedly destroyed in the short-to-medium term - the tourist trade between the two countries.

so you find Switzerland boring? Your taste, I guess. There has not been ONE VIOLENT demonstration in Switzerland against Israel, the press has given both warring sides equal time and the reports have NOT been in any way incendiary. Why can a country , a people not comment without being labelled anti-semitic? We are not Iran or China where people get arrested for demonstating. The signs people carried said to 'stop the war', not 'death to jews'- slight difference- but of course you would not notice because you have made up your made already ! Look at the signs your American friends were carrying in San Francisco: THAT is anti-semitic. People on this TB hate everybody it is quite obvious-

I've read a report on tourism indicateding that the israeli tourists are the group who spend the least bit of money when they travel! they make full use of the complemantary boufet of course and even take some snacks out of the morning boufet to eat them at lunch thus saving on a meal! they also avoid buying stuff and try to bring as much as possible from israel with them so as not to spend! the funny thing about this report is the stat: israeli's make 5% of tourists to antalya!!!!! is 5% really that big a deal for the hotel managers to be whining and crying over! taken into consideration those 5% are the least spenders i don't see how antalya will be affected by this boycott!!! i'm not trying to generalize here but i guess it's true...jews ARE cheap! haha i agree...you should stay in israel and boycott everyone who disagrees with you! you're isolating the palestinians with walls and checkpoints and yet it seems that you are the ones being isolated with all this boycotting you believe will damage the world's tourism industry!! it's funny how some of you here think: you're either with israel or you're with terrorists!!! once you wake up from this fantasy you will realize that not all people who disagree with israel are evil...maybe israel is the evil state...hmmm something to think about when ur vacationing in elat!

What is your population ? around 6 million. what is arabian population ? 300 million.arab people started reservation for hotel.so we dont need your dirty money.also dont forget we will start to cancel to importing weaopon from israil.if we say briefly we dont need to you.you need to us.

i agree with Terry, Johanna hides the antisemitism behind her statements as so many do in Switzerland. as if the problem of the isolation came from Israel. if one saw the hateful manifestations against Israel at the beginning of this year, one can fully understand Israelis not wishing to go to certain places. who wants to be a hero just for vacation? i am sad that my country, Switzerland, is such a bad example.

Stupid , generalist comments about Israeli tourists. I can tell you 'generalist' stories of my own where muslim tourists and those living here - don't respect our local laws or our ladies. Mate, I can assure you we have thousands & thousands of Israeli's coming here. We love them for their money , brains and the damn good company they mostly are.

I am jordanian and I'm gonna make sure everyone I know goes to Trukey this summer, to support the Turkish Tourism, to heck with whoever boycotts Turkey! We love Turkey

You are in denial of anti-semitism in one sentence and express it in the next. You mention that people think (wishful thinking) of Israel as a country. No, it is not just a country it is the JEWISH STATE the international community failed to re-establish despite League of nations resolution, prompted by 2000 years persecutions. It can only imply a further destruction in mind. It seems 6 million murdered is not quite enough.

That's another lie. Who on earth misses you guys....?

dont go to turkey,stay here in israel,spend your money to help your own economy get better.blue and white,you know its right.

I agree with #40 "brave Turk"...many arabs are now planning their next vacation to Turkey :-) Mr. Erdogan has gained the respect of over 300 million arabs who now cannot wait to visit this great Country and show their support...and unlike israeli's, arabs HAVE money and they love to spend it Antalya here i come wuhuuu

Enough with this antisemitism propaganda why is the weather too hot? anitsemetic people did it why does the ozone have a hole in it? anitisemitic people did it why is britney spears depressed? antisemeitc people did it ENOUGH is ENOUGH! the antisemtism is your way of crying to the west. Have you lsitend to the song "Cry me a river" yes cry me a river

*Why can't a country, a people criticise Israel without being called anti-Semitic?* you say. The problem I have with that is why is there no *anti* hysteria about so many other places, such as Darfur, Sri Lanka, Chechnya, Congo, Zimbabwe, Myanmar - I could go on - yes, and even within Gaza between their own people. Come on!

There are more countries to visit

Proverb in Turkish: Bana Allahsiz diyenin kendisi Musluman olsa baari." Look yourself and all what you did, and then you can criticise me, right Hacivat?

of course, antisemites are guilt-free and have never done anything bad. nevermind the pogroms, nevermind the holocaust, nevermind all the stuff in france. nevermind the people killed in yemen, kicked out of morocco. nevermind acts of violence against jews that happen every day. yep, they didn't do anything!

Italy doesn't need you there. There is no history of Libyan presence in Italy. Go home to your backward people.

So what do you offer that we shut up and surrender to the terror? Dindn't see one demostration to stop firing rockets from Gaza(and I dont expect for one, it's just that you say that the demos are general and would be against any country that would do the same, defending its citizens) Did America shut up in 11/9-No, she went on a war against terrorism till this very day. Listen, I am not responsible that the Islamic Radicals dont care about their own ppl and make us go on war(Al-Quida in Aphganistan, Hizbullah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza etc..). Dont blame Israel, whereas Hamas doesnt care about its children and put them to die instead of giving them shelter(And they have PLENTY) They provoke a war, then cry to the world to stop it and they never learn a lesson, so this is the poor reality. Never heard you condemning the terrorist. But I know very well why the demonstrations are against israel, you know very well what would happen to your country if you go against the muslims(Should I remind you about Denmark?), you cars would be set on fire, your embassies ond so on. So because you're afraid of them you support them. Very simple.

there is no "hysteria" cuz no other country, other than israel, was formed on the basis of mass expulsion and killing of a defence-less population and the continuing terror of its neighbouring countries....israel is a racist and terror state...we knew that...the world now knows it....its time YOU accept it

Dear Johanna,that is from the Torah (Bible) and that is the way G-d wants it,in order to keep the people of Israel pure from outside influences.

Shouldn't come crying now.Tourists may be a pain in the Butt but they provide jobs and income.Israelis will find that the world is their Oyster,there is never any shortage of people willing to take our money,especially now with the credit crunch.Turks will now discover that principles are all very well and good but they can be mighty expensive.

And we now miss your money.

Shot itself in the foot.Too late to apologise.

vacationing in turkey. Amazing. I remember when the American folk had their fill of French attitudes, as embodied by Chirac, in the recent past, and made a point of not vacationing in France, it shook the French & their wallets a great deal.