Try and keep up: "During a televised speech Tuesday, Erdogan said future flotillas bound for Gaza territorial waters under Israeli threat would be accompanied by a military escort to ensure their safety"

With all due respect Honorable Foreign Minister are you addressing PM Erdogan? Since the Gaza war in 2008, he has not calmed down a bit. Truth to tell, he maybe partially responsible for these deaths.

can we bomb Istanbul? No? Then we will keep the closure on Hamas thanks.

The Turkish Prime Minister has publicly insulted,threatened the State of Israel, its President and its people in the most undiplomatic ways, while Israel wanted to check the ship for the presence of military material. The israeli soldiers have been almost lynched by "professionals". No normalization before Turkey apologizes.

Osman, please tell us why we should not support the PKK and break off ties with Turkey unless you grant freedom to Kurdistan? Your country, Turkey, is telling Israel that we have to help the Hamas terrorists in Gaza, and that we should let them get weapons to shoot at us. So if you support Palestinian terrorism, why shouldn't we demand the same from Turkey? Why shouldn't we send an aid convoy to help the Kurds and Armenians unless you immediately answer our demands and give both Kurds and Armenians their freedom?

i can't keep up! it's so fast. but its been fun to watch so far. don't forget guys, it is not what bob marley said (only the fittest shall survive) it is what G-D said. so go back to morality, you have great books to follow, or you will continue to fall.

to the turkish jews pls leave Turkey ASAP you can not afford live with this HAYVAN pls see again in the movie ''midnight express'' the turkish revanch pls think twice in you children

Has Erdogan gone bonkers? Can anyone imagine the Israelis cowering at this threat? It looks like the world does not understand the Israeli/Jewish mindset. Read the following and it may just give you an idea: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/178588/Always-threatened-Israel-can-never-let-its-guard-slip

It's fun to watch when arrogant folks taste a bit of reality. Good for your health too :)

play the role of a victim.

PM Erdoga and his party AKP is a PRO-ISRAELI government and supporter of Zionist Israel Just two weeks ago ERDOGAN and AKP GOVERNMENT RATFIED ISRAELI ENTRY IN OECD and let them in OECD without any reciprocality other than Supporting Zionism- if you do not accept IDF killing Turks is a good reciprocality for AKP Second PM Erdogan KEEPS JOINT MILITARY EXCERCISES WITH ISRAEL despite showy cancelling of Israeli air flights in Turkey one year ago. Erdogan and AKP at surface oppose to Israel and talking against Israel but in fact, in action, SUPPORTS AND COLLABORATE WITH ISRAEL And does this despite all INSULT to our Ambassador to Israel now just again annouced "cancelling two joint exercise with Israel next month" Fact: Erdogan understood AKP will not win coming election because new CHP leader get large public support and recent surveys showed Erdogan cannot be PM again in near future now therefore he needs a bloody stand offs with Israel to harvest MUSLIM and NATIONALIST VOTES ERDOGAN IS JUST PRIMARY SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL

Turkey needs to get kicked out of NATO and never allowed to be part of the EU!

What are you babbling about yet again? Are you off your meds? Tsk. Tsk.

Should be the headlines. Turkey is now officially a Turn Coat for Democracy is what they are truly saying anything that comes out of their mouth should be mirrored the opposite as this is how the muslims work kind of like Obamma if ewe all havnt figured this out yet. Muslims want to Rule the World plain and simple and I'm sure that they would all agree. No such thing as a Moderate muslim as all study and act with the same book. Some would call it a cult, I would have to agree, would you?

I am going on vacation for the next couple of weeks. To all talkbackers: Please do not write anything stupid that would have required my response. To all news agencies: Please do not report any news. Suspend your activities until I return. To Ehud Barak: Resign, already. To all you other creatures of G-d: Enjoy yourselves. Kol tuv,

MAY G D BLESS YOU.HOPE MORE MUSLIMS TURKISH AND NON TURKISH TO BE LIKE YOU. MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU MY FIRST COUSIN

'Lift the blockade' so that Hamas can be supplied with weaponry and resume terrorising Israeli children and we'll forget all about this unpleasantness!

TURKEY CREATED THIS CRISIS INFILTRATED OUR TERRITORIAL WATERS BREAKING THE BLOCKADE AND NOW SAY THAT ISRAEL MUST NOT BE ANGRY ? THE ANGER OF ISRAEL IS RIGHTEOUS ANGER ! WE JEWS HAVE NO REASON THE BELIEVE A WORD THAT COMES FROM TURKEYS MOUTH. THE BOGUS AID SHIP IS ALREADY DETERMINED TO BREAK THE BLOCKADE. ISRAEL SHOULD JUST SEVER ALL DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH TURKEY!

Free Constantinopole and Kosovo from turkish conquestors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janissary

these turkeys are the same same ones who sent a terror group to test israels resolve. the only people that need to be investigated are the turkeys. turkeys are the villians knowing full well that israel would not allow entrence into a closed military zone. israel took a beating for no good reason and should fiercely act in the future against blockade runners. after all those lovely boats would make a nice reef.

OF THE ISARELI.

Those ships will be sunk and then what will little Tayyip do ? Something more than run off at the mouth?

So since Turkey is killing Kurds, Israel is allowed to do it too? What you are saying means we have two murdering states here not just one. But nonetheless, Israel still murders civilians!

"Matty" (he? she?) with the fictitious name and location has a lot of nerve accusing another TBer of lying. ("Matty Groves" is the title of a song performed by the British band "Fairport Convention") www.ilike.com/artist/Fairport+Convention/track/Matty+Groves

So long as Turkey is governed by Islamist-Jihadists led by Erdogan, relations with Israel will continue to disappear as Erdogan makes alliances with other surrounding Islamist-Jihadist governments as Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas. Israel should not be fooled by the Islamist-Jihadist government of Turkey. It is pure Taqiyya (deceit) in operation.

Brian, You are a sad man. PKK, like Hamas, is a terrorist organization that deserves no respect. Yet, you belittle Osman and the respect he showed to the people of Israel. You and the other narrow minded ppl of the world have to understand that the vast majority of people who support the lifting of the embargo have no love for Hamas and their idiot policies. This is about the people, not the thugs. Frankly, if you honestly believe the cargo of wheelchairs, books, building supplies, and crayons are meant to bolster Hamas, then really you are a very sad person indeed.

To no one in particular, it's amazing no one has cottoned on to the fact that Hamas has more to lose in the blockade getting lifted than they gain. Right now, Israel is playing the perfect patsy by effectively destroying the Palestinian economy. No blockage = Hamas having to actually manage an economy/provide services/collect taxes/etc without being able to "blame" the Israelis for all their woes. Seriously, want to see the end of Hamas as a political force? Eliminate the blockade...

Davutogu's "diplomatic crisis" is of Turkey's own making. They stuck their nose into something that is none of their business. Any international investigation will be just another "we hate Israel" fest. The UN bloodsuckers wasted no time in condemning Israel, and Osama Obama pooped his diplomatic panties, again. The next time this happens, Israel should dispense with the paintball guns and the warnings. The other side is fully informed already, and the only thing they understand is force. So, use it.

Gaza is historical Jewish Land? Are you kidding me? In that case get out of Americas as it is a historically American Indian land. The facts state that Palestinians live in Gaza are entitled more to Palestina than a bunch of Jewish fanatics coming from Russia, Poland and USA! It is called demographics, that is what we base stuff on not your twisted historical claims...