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Study: Most Turks don’t want Jewish neighbors
Associated Press
Published: 31.05.09, 15:44
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1. hey this is great, just shows
ghostq   (05.31.09)
that the only democratoc tolerance people in the middle east r Israelies.
2. EC
Pastaneta ,   NYC   (05.31.09)
And these are the people that want access to the European community? Who in Germany ask for welfare? Send all Turks back to Turkey and close the door to any Turkish immigration in civilized countries I say!
3. Perhaps the Turks don't want Jewish or Christian neighbors
Rivkah   (05.31.09)
because when the Turks mistreat them, the Lord avenges them if they ask Him to. The Turks also don't like being reminded of the genocide of Armenian Jews and Christians which no doubt comes to mind when Jews and Christians are neighbors. The worst neighbors I have had were Blacks, Portugese, and Muslims. A Muslim neighbor in Tucson killed one of th sweetest cats I had because he did not like cats and thought they caused AIDS. Being a Ph.D. cancer researcher, that is pretty ignorant. So Muslims are at the top of my list for people I don't want to have for neighbors. Will Rogers said long ago that high fences make good neighbors, so he was not too happy with neighbors he got, either. The Jews have learned that lesson and are building walls, having given up on a possible future with Muslims coexisting peacefully.
4. tolerant Turks
tiki ,   belgium   (05.31.09)
It's ok, because the rest of the world doesn't want to live next to a Turk. With this poll their desire to become a member of the EU is nul and void. Problem solved!
5. Study: Most Turks don’t want Jewish neighbors
İdil ,   Vienna   (05.31.09)
İstanbul has never been without jewish culture.. than İt's not İstanbul anymore. but i agree that we Turks can sometimes be so intolerant , even about ourselves. by the way there is a little detail that i guess.The Turks who do not want jewish neighbours ,mostly dont want arabian or iranian neigbours too. i thought so.. They want no neigbours ! They dont want even the Turks !! so it's not about anti-semitism.. but i have no explanation for the decline about the unmarried couples ^ ^
6. Boycott Turk coffe+Turkish Delight until Turks beg for mercy
Sam ,   Canada   (05.31.09)
7. #1
P ,   Philadelphia   (05.31.09)
Would you be surprised if a similar study were conducted in Israel and found that most Israeli Jews don't want Muslim, Druze, or Christian neighbours?
8. #3
P ,   Philadelphia   (05.31.09)
Rikvah, the lord of which you speak has, at best, been asleep for a long time and isn't interested in avenging anyone. Much more likely, it's a fairy tale that the less gullible have given up on. Maybe you've had bad experience with people of those groups, but those groups are not composed entirely of people like those you found. There are many nice Blacks, Portugese, and Muslims in the world. Remember as well that if you want the Jews to raise walls to wait for Moshiach and we are foolish enough to do so, you will likely be watching from outside.
9. SURVEY IN TURKEY
DAVID ,   HERZLIA,ISRAEL   (05.31.09)
I WONDER WHAT WOULD BE THE RESULT IN ISRAEL FROM A SURVEY ASKING ISRAELI JEWS IF THEY WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO ISRAELI ARABS, I AM SURE THAT THE RESULTS WILL NOT BE BETTER THAN THE TURKISH SURVEY. THE MIDDLE EAST IS NOT BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
10. A fair enough question to pose, #7
Cameron ,   USA   (05.31.09)
Never any shortage on double standards in the world.
11. well said P from Philly
(05.31.09)
so true
12. Ynetnews tries to BLOCK Israeli Tourist to TURKEY
Tayfun_Turkey ,   Istanbul   (05.31.09)
with help of fabricated Milliyat.com.tr news, That is baseless news and that is cooperation with Milliyet Possibly some Turkish figures converted judaism in Turkey, working in Milliyet and fabricate this fake news to block Israeli Tourist comming to Turkey, Subtle Conspirary by Worldwide Zionistz Organization And Ynetnews cencured my two previous postings regarding this fabricated fake news!
13. Muslim tolerance
Matityahu ,   Slovenia   (05.31.09)
A religion of peace.
14. to #12, tayfun
normal ,   Beersheva, Israel   (05.31.09)
dude, ynetnews isn't trying to do that, this was already done by your pm Erdogan's unilateral reaction to operation Lead Cast.
15. another conspiracy!
Ilana   (05.31.09)
16. wrong many already have druz and chritians
ghostq   (06.01.09)
in their home and as neighbours. and as friends. so get reall as for muslems, well realltiy is crul but after the riots they make would you be surprise? I never heard of jews or chritian riots in turkey.
17. to #12 face the truth, after all it was the turks
ghostq   (06.01.09)
who banished jews from Jaffa and Tel Aviv in the 30's.
18. Do you really want a Jew for a neighbor?
maurice   (06.01.09)
ANOTHER MISLEADING headline by Ynet., "cela va sans dire". News reporting?, very boring. Their forte is to write in order to antagonise readers, and mold public opinion to their tune. If you decipher the real news in all the papers, you will discover that Jews don't want Jews as neighbors either.---- Ashkenazi don't want Sepharadic, Sepharadic don't want yemenis, haredim don't want anyone ,but a carbon copy of themselves, and no one wants "blacks" in their neighborhood including their children in "lily white" schools.Israelis like to copy yesterday's America; and all the above is a god-send for Israel's sophisticated Ynet. WARNING: If the above is deemed to contain inappropriate language, it won't be published............!
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İdil ,   vienna   (06.01.09)
Banising Jews from Jaffa and Tel Aviv ? by the Turks? These cities maybe were under the majority of the Ottomans but in İsrael there were hardly ever Turks living .There were almost no Turkish population while the Ottoman Empire and in the 30's , Tel aviv was under the British mandate.How could the Turks banish the Jews and Why , you think? .. i really dont know what you are tring to do.Ghostq , your war was with the Arabs but you desperately want to make it against all Muslims ? why ? why do you want to take all Muslims against you? The Turks who write here or read this website. What are they tring to do here , in your estimation?but that's all your lost not your country's or your people's because you can not be such a selfish like that. and about your ignorance i just want to write a few sentences.i think you should be suprise because you can never hear even a single riot from Turkish Jews.Because They have got 3 main factors , we all got these factors in Turkey , together ; the motherland ,the commonwealth and the freedom.
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