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IDF renounces general's comments
Hanan Greenberg
Published: 14.02.09, 20:20
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91. Turkey are Hipocrits!
Jay Class ,   New York USA   (02.15.09)
Well Said Mizrahi! That is thr TRUTH! Turkey slaughtered tens of thousands of armenians and kurds over the pasr 50 years and nobody gives a hood. where is the UN???? HIPOCRITS!
92. Mizrahi is my new hero. Turkiye is humbled.
Doron ,   Israel   (02.15.09)
93. Ignorance
Kadir ,   Turkey   (02.15.09)
Look, I know American people are not very well educated and belive everything they see an TV. I think you should get your facts right, there was no genocid on or part, it was war and the Armenians supported the wrong side, so stop whining and accusing us.
94. He should get a medel
Robert Goldman ,   KFAR SABA ISRAEL   (02.15.09)
speaking the truth about turkey isn't a crime. turkey should look in the mirror before opening up their collective pie holes. http://merkavamk3.wordpress.com/
95. #93 If Turkey has nothing to hide, why article 301?
Doron ,   Israel   (02.15.09)
96. #93 Taner Akcam says WWI excuse to kill Armenians is a lie!
Doron ,   Israel   (02.15.09)
97. Erdogan the ungrateful B...
william ,   USA   (02.15.09)
Mizrahi said Erdogan should "take a look at himself" before criticizing others, in an allusion to the Armenian genocide and the oppression of the Kurdish people. He also mentioned the Turkish occupation in northern Cyprus... And a Syrian chunk of land on the med called Iskandaroun... Turkish hypocrite... His selective memory forgot that The Israeli armed forces are helping his military update his fighter jets among other things... He forgot that Mossad delivered into his lap his worst nightmare, the kurdish rebel Ojalan... he forgot who is heavily contributing to the coffers of his tourism industry... Ungrateful bastard...
98. Turks, you show disrespect for Jews and Israel
Avraham ,   NYC   (02.15.09)
By your anti-Semitic demonstrations, by assault on Peres by Erdogan in public, by the heat (totally uncalled for) the Jewish community in Turkey is feeling. You are ignoring suffering of Israelis, deaths of Jewish women and children and attacks on Israel for 7-8 years from Gaza. You support Hamas and Gaza terrorists. What kind of reaction you expect in return?
99. 93...YOU LIER AND NEGATIONIST....
Franklin ,   Paris   (02.15.09)
Turkey is well know about the massacres and savageries in their military actions....against innocents Greeks, Arménians, Kurds, Chypriots.... Turkey is turned Islamist....? Bye bye European union....and Good morning troubles and instability.
100. Hey Persian CAT !!!!!
Franklin ,   Paris   (02.15.09)
Erdogan and the Turks are planning to replace your influence in the region...... Now...regarding your strategic depht.......ZERO. You have the most detestable rulers in earth.... Chauvinism and fanatism are your daily bread....Shame on you....
101. genocide
Ilana   (02.15.09)
a million and a half Armanians were murdered, and what is Erdogan talking about? Why should the world be quiet? Israel certainly shouldn't. Israel should be the first to stand up and protest. Itis never too late totell the truth.
102. General Mizrahi s stance
curdo ,   kurdishland   (02.15.09)
turkey is one of the antisemitist countries as well the turkish people;what I don t understand is why isreal support turkey and suplies turkish military apparat with all kind of help agains kurdish people?!
103. war crimes
Ilana   (02.15.09)
Hamas is a terror group with a mission stated openly and available to the public: kill all Jews and take over the entire country of Israel. Now because it is a terror group, there are no international laws specifically explaining how itis legally appropriate to fight terror, especially when they operate in civilian populated areas, hijacking kids and women to protect their bums. So when 7000 rockets fall sporadically in internationally recognized legal Israeli towns with the clear pronounced intent to kill kids and women, we forget that international law has not yet caught up with terror activity. Luckliy our leaders don't shoot us when we protest, and we received shelters for schools and many homes. Otherwise way more than 700 civilians would have been killed. And you Mr. Marco of Spain wold have been as silent as a sheep, cause it was only Jewish lives. This is why we really don't care what you think. We have work to do, and you are as little as an atom, and so painfully unlearned that is pitiful. And you call me dumb!!!!! Go and read history already!!
104. #93 You are a nitwit
Miri ,   USA   (02.15.09)
Putting Americans down won't make your point. I am a highly educated American very closely familiar not only with the well-documented genocide of the Armenian population of Anatolia, an area they inhabited thousands of years before the Turkish conquest, but with the five-hundred year history of atrocities committed by the Ottoman Empire, one of the most expansionist, oppressive, brutal regimes in world history. I bet you didn't hear anything about that in elementary school. You are an ignoramus who has a little knowledge of your own history as you have of American culture and education. But then ignorance combined with hypocrisy seems to be what the education system in your country is proud to be breeding.
105. Kurdish brothers #81 & 102, from your lips to Allah ears
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (02.15.09)
Free Kurdistan to be created soon! I am too baffled and disappointed by my government supplying Turkey with weapons to battle Kurds. You guys have proven to be a responsible and worthy nation to be independent. When you were given the slimmest chance you rushed to create in the shortest amount of time a wonderful society , economy and political system in your barren mountains without natural resources in Northern Iraq. I am aware that you are not without problems of your own like infighting or the Ansar Al Islam Jihadi group or the old system of Baksheesh but you are able to overcome all this. You are much better than any other nation in the region at running your own affairs with the exception of Israel. If it were up to me I would make the entire Middle East a Kurdish empire living in harmony with the State of Israel
106. Alliance of anti-Turkish people!
(02.15.09)
People who know history, international relations and strategy are already aware of close ties between Turkey and Israel. The rest are acting emotionally or just are openly racist anti-Turkish people. There are also many anti-Turkish Armenians, Greeks, Kurds on this forum screaming out for genocide claims. How funny is that most Armenians deny Holocaust and believe that Jews led so-called genocide in 1915. Really funny to see overnight these anti-semitic Armenians act as if they are pro-Israeli. Well, Greeks are also openly anti-semitic, Kurds too. But who cares, they are together in their hatred against Turks trying to get the Jews on their train to use them. Yay! Let's cheer for anti-Turkism!
107. Turkey is a facist nation
Carl ,   USA   (02.15.09)
Turkey is the last nation to lecture anyone. Look at their treatment of Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks and now Jews. They treat Jews as pawns and scapegoats. They should lecture Erdogan and his support for the genocidal Sudanese regime.
108. Sorry #106, but you opened a Pandora Box
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (02.15.09)
and you even do not want to apologize on your knees for the grave mistake your PM made but you want everything to remain the same. It is your fault and all your whining about the flack coming to you know is like a child that lost a candy and wants it back
109. @ 104 You are a nitwit
Kadir ,   Turkey   (02.15.09)
Look, I'm not putting Americans down, most of you people wouldn't even know where Armenia is. And as for our bloody History, we are a warlike people that's true but genocide or lying is not part of our culture, unlike you Americans you nation was build trough genocide on the Indian people. And genocide was also a common means of the european powers for a long time.
110. @107 Carl "Turkey facist..."
Kadir ,   Turkey   (02.15.09)
Carl, you are the perfect example of the undereducated Amercan, you wouldn't even know what facism means and wouldn't find the countries you mentioned on a map.
111. Kurd demonstrations and arrests In Turkey
yigal ,   north   (02.15.09)
PM Erdogan claims IDF commited "war crimes". Why then, Is the freedom fighter Abdullah Ocalan, still In jail and Kurd demonstrators arrested? All the Turks who are offended by the comments regarding Turkish history, all but one Turk commentator, have not apologized for the actions of Erdogan. Every coin has 2 sides.
112. @108 Sorry #106, but you opened a Pandora Box
Kadir ,   Turkey   (02.15.09)
There is nothing to be sorry about, Isreal is committing crimes against humanity and it is our duty to take a stance against this, since obviously no one else wants to challange the Jews for some reason. You destabelize our neighbourhood and the'll have to stop this, or we will make them. Enough is enough!
113. General Mizrahi's Comments
RD ,   Canada   (02.16.09)
Time and time again, Turks prove they are not reliable allies. This is not the first time Israel has been criticized by administrations in Turkey, and also by its citizens. Recently, banners were placed in many stores in numerous cities throughout Turkey reading; "Jews and Armenians are not welcomed". When are we going to put aside this simulacrum that Turkey is in Israel's best interest and realize that their current administration, previoius administrations and its citizens will compromise Israel as soon as it is in their best interests? We should do the right thing, the ethical thing and accept what has happened to the Armenians throughout the centures at the hands of the Turks because their history is the same as ours. When we do the right thing, the world will look at us more favourably also.
114. Andrew Bostom
Albert Lewy ,   Israel   (02.16.09)
Abdrew Bostom has had these Turks figured out for a long time. http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-bostom120602.asp http://www.andrewbostom.org/loj//content/view/33/27/
115. Brainwashed Turks
Beemer ,   USA   (02.16.09)
The Turks of today are brainwashed since kindergarden. The government carried the Genocide, and the government has feed them propaganda, So Turks are just repeating the same propaganda, and calling Americans "uneducated" even though America is the first in the world with technology, human rights, spasecraft. While Turks are busy killing Kurds to this day. Why they call PKK terrorist, but want Israel to negotiate with Hamas? Why they ocupy Cyprus and talk about Armenian Kharabagh?
116. Kadir, you just make my point that we should
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (02.16.09)
point out Turkey's much more serious crimes. If you claim to care so much about others' crimes than first you need to look at your crimes first Long Live independent Kurdistan carved out of 50% Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Long Live newly expanded Greater Armenia to Include all of Anatolia Long Live returned rule of Greece over Constantinople, Galipoli, Smyrna and all of Western Asia Minor. Long Live reunited Cyprus with its north and Greece and expelling Turkish settlers Long Live the Great Return of all Turks to their native homeland of Uzbekistan. You opened the Pandora Box, now live with the consequences
117. Kadir's ignorance
(02.16.09)
Kadir bey, Why don't you google "6 Eylul" and "varlik Vergisi". You'll find some very interesting crap about your governments opressive policies on ethnic groups in Turkey before you call everyone else ignorant.
118. @115 Brainwashed
Kadir ,   Turkey   (02.16.09)
If you are an American, you prove my point of Americans being uneducated, since you wouldn't even know the diference between PKK and Kurds. And the only reason the USA is leading on some technological fields is that they have a large amount of foreign students and some good Universities and scools but how many Americans actually have the chance to attend such a University. Most Amerikans are an undereducated super sized and ignorant people.
119. Turkey is gone
(02.16.09)
It's such a shame. All the incredible work of Ataturk the real father of Turkey is thrown in the trash. A beautiful country, the only muslim country who allowed its women to contribute to their progress is totally brainwashed, manipulated for political gain just like its backward neighbours.
120. @116
Kadir ,   Turkey   (02.16.09)
I take it that you are a Greek, you fools will never get it, will you. Turkey is a rising power, our influence and power is growing and keep doing so in the future, no matter what you may say or do, we allways end up winning.
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