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Hamas praises Turkish PM
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Published: 30.01.09, 19:38
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31. #2 How can Israel get good PR
Maria ,   MD   (01.31.09)
the world is against it even though it is doing the right thing.Arabs are good in PR because they have a bad media to back them up.PROPAGANDA!!!!
32. ErdoClown is now competing with AhmadiWhacko for hegemony
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (01.30.09)
ErdoClown is now competing with AhmadiWhacko for Muslim World's childish attention. Like all power plays for hegemony in the Middle East this is a deadly game between two powerful Muslim countries sharing a border. It is inevitable that given a little bit of time the two are going to clash and the result will be a horrendous carnage in the best Muslim tradition.
33. pfff
Petkov ,   Ukraine   (01.30.09)
what about bosnian genocide, what about rwanda genocide, what about palestian genocide , what about chechen genocide what about darfur genocide etc etc..everyone's getting horny now about the armenian genocide just cause a man stood up and raised his voice about a genocide that took place in 2009...what has the man to do with a genocide that a totalitarian ata turkish regime was responsible for.
34. We say that we are not supporting him.isnt it enough israel?
idil ,   istanbul / Turkey   (01.30.09)
but what do you want from us with the questions about armenians or kurds ? Do you want us to save our country in this virtual area? but regrettably, no. its not gonna be happen.you are just showing you faults about Turkey.
35. To all Allans #14
Emre ,   Istanbul   (01.30.09)
We can understand that you and people like you can not controll your nerves and brain. Thats why you are distributing your hate to everyone. Turkey has about 25 millions of Tourists a year , we do not need 100-200 thousands of Israeli tourists in our country. Even we do not want to see idiots like you from any nationality. Best Regards to Erdogan, you are a brave man and we are all proud of You !
36. Erdogan cannot be trusted. He's tainted
Nudnik   (01.31.09)
37. I never understood why Israelis travell to Turkey...?
Barny R ,   Baltimore   (01.31.09)
Whats the big deal? Better off going to Mallorca... Dont care for their stale Kebab. Gives me the runs... Gotta run!
38. everybody should take sides
Observer ,   Brazil   (01.31.09)
Turkish leader finally decide his side: s far way from Euro community and from west. Its ok. Go ahead! One competitor less in the future world. One dirt hole more in the future.
39. #19 I agree but only after Hamas take over all Palestine.
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40. continued from #25
a turkish person() ,   jerusalem   (01.31.09)
lets assume that,turkey has agreed the situtation over kurds and armenians.according the policy of these two rival nations,they have the common land in east turkey,as well as some israeli dreamers want the same piece of land, i am honestly asking...how will we do it?if everybody is thinking this damn piece of land as their home,who will be the real owner?who is really honest,or who really deserves it?lets leave it like this,and shot our mouths up!!!!
41. Human shields.
Robert Bernier ,   Tel Aviv   (01.31.09)
Israel cannot be blamed for hurting human shields. The key problem to be addressed is the way in which terrorists exploit their own civilians, forcing them against their will to serve as human shields or obtaining their agreement to serve as such. When human shields are used, those who agree to be used are combatants, and have chosen to die. As far as involuntary human shields are concerned, the terrorists are to blame for every civilian who is killed. As to the methods of the terrorists : http://xrl.us/bi9r6
42. Hamas is being responsible for everything that goes on in...
Robert Bernier ,   Tel Aviv   (01.31.09)
Hamas is being responsible for everything that goes on in the Gaza area. The responsibility for the casualties among Palestinian civilians rests upon the shoulders of Hamas, which operates under cover of the civilian population while endangering it by holding bomb-making and explosive materials in its midst, Hamas is being responsible for everything that goes on in the Gaza area, for all of the casualties. Hamas is also responsible for the civilians who are not involved in the fighting, who are hurt in the course of these operations as a result of the fact that it operates from within civilian concentrations, and by planting and holding explosive charges among the civilian population as described at : http://xrl.us/bi9r6
43. About Kurds and Armenians..
Necati ,   Ankara Turkey   (01.31.09)
Everybody writing wrong things to web forums and web sites... at 1900 you killed armenians etc.. Do you know world wars ? Do you know how many Turks died that wars ? in the world war 2 , Turkish people war with 4-5 countrys.. Turkish people died... armenians died... german people died... all countrys people died in this wars... And kurds ? do you know how many Turkish soldier died PKK ' s attacks ? do you know how many turkish people died on their attacks ? Anybody can't know ... i hate terorists ... i hate hamas... i hate PKK
44. Praise from Islamist terrorists is praise indeed!
Zvi   (01.31.09)
Mr. Erdogan, Hamas uses its own children as human shields. It uses its own women as human shields. It bombs Israeli civilians and tries to foment wars. It rants and rants about killing all Jews. And then it hides in bunkers under hospitals. Praise from these psychopaths is praise indeed for a democratic leader! Feel happy!
45. #34 when did you ever say you dont support erdogan?
citizen xy ,   world   (01.31.09)
most turks that comment here back him up...and you expect israelis to not respond to their hypocritical attitude?! your guys problem is that your society is sooo closed and media is severely controlled that you are not even aware of your own flaws and think that somehow your shit dont stink...but it does it so does...turkey is a criminal country who is currently banking on the israeli-palestinian conflict in order to make the world forget about the oppressing attitude it has been spreading for the several past centuries. You put your house in order before you DARE to criticize us in the guise of caring for human rights for defending ourselves after 8 yearsof neglecting our citizens.
46. to #33 citizen pffftfffuuu
citizen xy ,   world   (01.31.09)
please choose your terms carefully before you label people for being responsible for a genocide. Israel's society does not produce leaders that have genocidal intentions, unlike our neighbors in the ME who eat antisemitic protocols of zion for breakfast with farfour the genocidal mouse. If Israel wanted to destroy the palestinans it would not have killed 1300 people...but scores more like your fave neighbor russia who has mastered the art of genocide by practicing it on hundreds of millions. You should be so ashamed of yourself for spreading such lies...so ashamed.
47. To the Turks in the audience... .
Zvi   (01.31.09)
Please read all of this talkback before responding. Israelis are very upset because they have regarded Turkey as a friend and ally, and because after Israel has supported Turkey's positions on very sensitive issues despite enormous pressure to do otherwise, Mr. Erdogan is rewarding Israel for its friendship to Turkey with unjust, vicious, personal and distorted attacks by Erdogan just when a wise and calm friend would have been immensely valued and greatly respected. Israelis are very upset by the way that these vicious attacks went hand in hand with an explosion of overtly anti-Semitic hatred within parts of the Turkish population, which like it or not calls up instant responses in the Jewish soul that most of you do not understand. Of course acts of hatred were not perpetrated by the whole Turkish population. But you have allowed some of your worst and most hateful people define your image abroad - especially in Israel. That's a mistake. Had Erdogan's kind of idiocy come from Ahmadinejad, Israelis would have shrugged. Had this kind of anti-Semitism come from segments of the Iranian population, they would have been worried for Iran's Jews, but they would have taken it in stride. Heaven knows, those governments have been engaged in the most flagrant verbal idiocy and misc. anti-Semitic behavior for decades. Israelis don't expect them to behave any better than that. Many Israelis here are responding as they are to Erdogan precisely because they always thought Turkey's leadership was BETTER than this. They are responding as they are because they genuinely LIKED Turkey and Turks, and it hurts like hell to get hatred in return. They thought Turkey was different. Here's a thought experiment. Suppose that the PKK launched hundreds of attacks against Kurdish civilians in one week. Suppose that the Turkish military entered Iraq, because you know perfectly well that to do nothing in the face of terrorism is to invite more terrorism. Now suppose that Israel's government responded to your actions by vigorously embracing the PKK, accusing Turkey of genocide and war crimes and demanding that Turkey be barred from the UN. Suppose that Israel's PM showed zero understanding of Turkey's need to fight back when attacked by a violent neighbor that nobody else was willing to control. Suppose that ordinary Israelis, without provocation by you, began to call Turks in general dogs, to refuse to do business with them, etc. You would not have responded with smiles. No, Israelis don't know Turkey well. For that matter, MOST non-Turks don't know Turkey well (to be fair, most Turks don't understand Israel at all). Like the rest of the world, Israelis are NOT seeing secular and Muslim Turks rallying to support the Jews in your midst against the anti-Semites, which would say nothing about Israel but would protect your own Jewish communities against anti-Semitic violence. Israelis are NOT seeing secular Turks standing up and saying "wait a minute. Erdogan's nonsense is neither true nor fair." They are not even seeing the millions of secular Turks who are frustrated with Erdogan. All the media is showing - in Israel and around the world - are Erdogan's obnoxious antics and the hateful anti-Semitic behavior of the worst people in your country. If you want Israelis to see a different side of Turkey during this crisis, I think you are going to have to make it happen yourselves. The media won't make it happen, and your government certainly does not want to make it happen. Best of luck to you.
48. olmert and turkey
mohson   (01.31.09)
Only this moron would use Turkey as a conduit to make concessions to Syria. Olmert missed that erdogan really is a hamas ally, that he represents islamics and turkish history of treating jews and christians as tzimmis. Then he goes ahead and offers all kinds of concessions while demanding nothing in return. assad said that olmert did not ask him to break off relations with hezbollah and iran. Olmert the moron considers himself some expert. he is a royal screwup. Perhaps he could teach a course at hebrew university.But anything to deal with real life and blood and guts, he is worthless. he is the best thing that ever happened to the arabs. Livni will lose the election badly because of olmert.,
49. Who are the Kurds? They're hated also
Maria ,   MD   (01.31.09)
I'm just guessing? One of the lost tribes of Israel? The Palestinians are not hated by the world.The world loves them so much even though some of them are terrorists.The people who deserve to have their homeland are the Kurds then.
50. Oh boy! Praise from hamas!
David ,   Hartford USA   (01.31.09)
Not worth the used toilet paper it was written on. Looks like Turkey is on the slippery slope to oblivion, giving in to the psychopaths. What a shame- millions of people condemned to live under the sick fist of 'orthodox' (what a joke) Islam.
51. # 14 Turkey does not ethnically cleanse the Kurds.
Deniz ,   Ankara, Turkey   (01.31.09)
Turkey does not ethnically cleanse the Kurds. If they did, there wouldn't be millions of Kurds supporting their macho/feudal/religious hero Erdogan. And, it's better if Israelis don't come to Turkey as they do a lot of harm to Turkish tourism by ruining hotels and annoying other tourists with their rude behaviours. A few educated and cultured Israelis are always welcomed in Turkey.
52. SECULAR TURKS DO NOT PRAISE ERDOGAN
Ankara, Turkey   (01.31.09)
Erdogan must leave Turkey with his supporters to Gaza and should never return to Turkey. Also, I see that some talkbackers simply hate the Turks and call for support to PKK, Kurds and Armenians. But, do you know that almost all Kurds and Armenians support Erdogan.
53. To #3. History Education.
Maansingh ,   The Netherlands   (01.31.09)
You say :” a day Turkish soldier will come from there and we give there from their real owners ” I don’t understand much of this sentence of yours, but I gather that you are saying that Judea & Samaria (nowadays known as the West Bank) belongs to the Ottoman Turks, that the Ottoman Turks are the real owners of Judea & Samaria (nowadays known as the West Bank). My dear Sir, you will be disappointed to hear that your History education regarding Judea & Samaria (nowadays known as the West Bank) is LACKING. Dear Sir, Moses the Law Giver led the Jewish People out of Egypt in 1260 B.Chr. After wandering for 40 years in the Sinai Desert they entered the land (i.e. Israel, which includes Judea & Samaria, nowadays known as the West Bank) given to them by YAHWEH, the Supreme Lord -- as conveyed to the broader world by Moses the Law Giver. The Jewish People entered the Land of Israel in 1220 B.Chr. as per order of YAHWEH, the Supreme Lord. The Land of Israel, which includes Judea & Samaria, belongs to the Jewish People, GIVEN to them by YAHWEH, the Supreme Lord. It belongs to them -- FOREVER. Dear Sir, if you say it (i.e. Israel, which includes Judea & Samaria) belongs to the Ottoman Turks, the question arises : WHEN did it (i.e. Israel, which includes Judea & Samaria) become Ottoman Turk property ??? IF you say it became Ottoman Turk property in 1516 AD -- you SHOULD know that they (i.e. Ottoman Turks) are conquerors and OCCUPIERS of the Land of Israel, which includes Judea & Samaria. So the Ottoman Turks can NOT be the real owners of the Land of Israel, which includes Judea & Samaria. WHY not ? Because they conquered it from ANOTHER thief, namely the Arabs. And the Arabs conquered it (i.e. Israel, which includes Judea & Samaria) in 638 AD from ANOTHER thief, namely the Roman Empire / Byzantine Empire. That the Roman Empire / Byzantine Empire conquered and ruled it (i.e. Israel, which includes Judea & Samaria) from 63 B.Chr. till 638 AD doesn’t mean that it (i.e. Israel, which includes Judea & Samaria) is the possession of the Roman Empire / Byzantine Empire. NEITHER was it (i.e. Israel, which includes Judea & Samaria) the property of the Greek Empire : 332 B.Chr. till 141 B.Chr. NOR was it the property of the Persian Empire : 539 B.Chr. till 332 B.Chr. SO dear Sir, the Land of Israel, which includes Judea & Samaria, is NOT the property of the OCCUPIER -- the occupier being Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans/ Byzantines, Arab Muslims or Ottomans.
54. to 25
idil ,   istanbul / Turkey   (01.31.09)
i really didnt understand your view about attilla.i think you should read his text one more time. i personally respect his exertion.
55. Shame for Israel
Rafet Isik ,   Istanbul,Turkey   (01.31.09)
Dont defence yourself by replying that "Turks are killing Kurds also" . We are always informing media that no civillian died. We have coordinates of terrorist camps , zones and just hit wherever terrorist lives. Israel killed so many innocent people. It's not same thing. Baby murderers
56. to #25
noor ,   istanbul   (01.31.09)
i think you are not Turk..you can't not be..if you are,so you look like someone who lacks a distinctive personality..i feel sorry for people like you..
57. Criticism is not anti-semitism
Izzet ,   Turkey   (01.31.09)
You guys have found a way that anybody criticises Israel it means anti-semitism. Sorry but we can criticise You ,with not being anti-semitic. We are not against jews we are against the latest actions of your government.Did anyone see that Mr.Erdogan has given any support to Hamas ? He even did not mentioned it, now you provoke that Turkey is a supporter of Hamas, NO WE ARE NOT SUPPORTING HAMAS AND WE WILL NOT ! Israel is country closed to criticism so much that they use anti-semitism weapon against it ...
58. Prime Ministers attack on Israel
Aitana ,   Johannesburg, S.a   (01.31.09)
When the Muslims are killing the Jews, sending missiles by the thousands, randomly trying to attack innocent civilians, its an accepted phenomena, when Israel finally retaliates in self defense they are verbally attacked world wide. What is the matter with the world, are their double standards so blatant. Shame on the rest of the world. May Israel and its soldiers always find strength to defend themselves from all evils.
59. Erdogon
Aitana ,   Johannesburg, SA   (01.31.09)
we thought the Turks were a cut above. What...only if they need something. Otherwise they are all the same
60. KUDOS TO PERES
Aitana ,   Johannesburg   (01.31.09)
As much as its a bitter pill to swallow and no matter how hard Israel tries at having peaceful relations with its neighbours, when it comes to Israel defending itself against their hostile and waring neighbours the Muslim world shows their evil fangs perhaps just their true colours, they benefited by having peace with Israel but what did Israel get in return? A sword in the back. Time to wake up. The Muslim world Turkey and Egypt included dont want Israel for the Jews.
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