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Ministers to boycott Turkish Independence Day celebrations
Roni Sofer
Published: 18.10.09, 19:58
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1. Boycutt or fear of arrest
turkman ,   istanbol   (10.18.09)
after goldstone report no wonder they wouldn't go any where
2. To #1 Prepare
Sam ,   Nanuet USA   (10.18.09)
Be prepared tomorrow the arrest start in Turkey for the Armenian Genocide.
3. the turks will
JL   (10.18.09)
offer those ministers a greased bone to chew on and you will see how they all grovel on all fours...its in the israeli pysche to grovel now
4. send the janitors
Charles   (10.18.09)
5. #1 only cheap
Edwin   (10.18.09)
tourists go to countries like Turkey
6. VARAK :YET TO DECIDE
LAWRENCE RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (10.18.09)
Yet to decide ???? UNBELIEVABLE. What's to decide?
7. BOYCOTT THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
shu ,   london   (10.18.09)
BOYCOTT!
8. guess what? celebration will go on if show up or not
sami ,   son of palestine   (10.18.09)
9. #8, guess what; there was no proclamation to celebrate
Genuine Moshe   (10.18.09)
as there is no such thing as a republic or a democracy under the sharia. Turkey has never been a real republic.
10. turkish celebration in t aviv
ATHOS ,   nice france   (10.18.09)
I hope for once the israeli politicians will be clever enough and will go to this party.It will be childish not to go. Israel needs Turkey as much as Turkey needs Israel.Erdogan will pass soon, not Turkey who will remain an important muslim power in the region.NO EMOTION JUST BUSINESS;
11.  The Islamic world needs men like Ardugan
Abed Allatef ,   Israel   (10.18.09)
I see that the turks are the closest friend to the palestenians, more than Mubark, Abbas and the big list of "arab leaders". Ardugan is a leader that the Islamic world needs. He is a real man.
12. #9 thats why they shouldn't go before we
turkman ,   istanbol   (10.18.09)
join EU then we wouldn't have capital punishment they made the right chioce
13. What celebration? let's sit Shiva for Turkey................
Asher ,   NY,USA   (10.18.09)
14. Don't Boycott Turkey- Just Don't Go
Rich ,   Aventura, USA   (10.18.09)
Israelis should simply stay away from anything Turkish at this juncture. I hope Israel has enough sense not to be exposed to further deteriorations that will be coming from Turkey. There is no need to vocalize the Israeli government's position and a low level representative of the government is all that is needed. Certainly Shimon Peres should not go- after all Erdogan attacked him first in Davos.
15. #3 You hit the nail but you miss the beef
turkman ,   istanbol   (10.18.09)
they shall crawl but we offer the grease they could slip again the purpose is to watch the steps you take before the earth start to shake
16. Thanx for not attending!
Marco ,   Spain   (10.18.09)
Its only appropriate that any money saved by those fools not attending be sent to Hamas in Gaza.
17. go protest
Duchess   (10.18.09)
in front of the embassy. Carry pictures of bleeding dead babies. Smear sheets with blood and wear 'em. Or are you too cultured for such primitive behavior? You gotta admit, it works. Start crying victim like the arabs.
18. Turkish arrogance
American ,   Los Angeles ,US   (10.18.09)
We allow turks to humiliate Israel and the jewish people.This can not continue.Turks will pay.
19. boycott erdogan not Turkey
athos lujernetta ,   nice france   (10.18.09)
erdogan has his own problems and will not last for ever.Either the army or the people will take him out.Turkey is there for ever and Israel should keep close relations with this big and importan,t country
20. I for one have no interest of ever going to Turkey
Bernard ,   Bern, Switzerland   (10.18.09)
21. #10 I agree
Cynthia ,   USA   (10.18.09)
Show-up and give the Turkish delegation a warm welcome. Don't give the snakes in Iran any opportunity to gloat.
22. The turkey/Israel fiasco
Alex Postallian ,   Ashburn,Va-------U.S   (10.18.09)
I was told years ago; you put two snakes in a vase,only one will come out.!
23. #12 I wouldn't put too much hope in Turkey joining the EU
Genuine Moshe   (10.19.09)
No European country has really wanted Turkey in the EU, only the American and the Israeli did so up to now. I wouldn't put too much hope either on some lunatic arresting Israeli officials especially in Turkey. Bear in mind looming is the time of reckoning for the Armenian and Assyrian genocides, the 1955 Istanbul & Izmir pogroms, war crimes and crime against humanity in Kurdistan and more.
24. Attend Kurdish party instead
Clement Stein ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (10.19.09)
I think that Israeli leaders should celebrate Kurdish culture on Turkish independence day
25. To Turkman
Phil KeKennedy ,   Boston, MA, USA   (10.19.09)
To Turkman: Will you Turks ever apologize for your slaughter of innocent and helpless Armenains? Your Turkish government at the time got away with murder.
26. Boycott the Turks
Phil Kennedy ,   Boston, MA, USA   (10.19.09)
At least until they apologize verbally for slaughtering helpless Armenains.
27. All it would take is a simple apology by Erdogan.
Tahl ,   Ashdod, Israel   (10.19.09)
It really doesn't have to escalate into such diplomatic crisis. We Israelis don't hate Turkey, as most of the Turks do not hate us. There are actually many good and wonderful Turks whom we'd love to be in touch with. But we just can't stand it when we are offended and incited against, by our supposed ally. There is nothing we would like more, than for everything to go back to the way it was a decade ago, when our strong relationship reached its peak when we helped out Turkey during the earthquake. However in order for that to happen, the Turkish leadership must restore the trust between the two countries - a diplomatic apology by Erdogan, followed by pulling out the inciteful TV series and inviting Israel to the military maneuvers, would do just that.
28. the only apology we can offer is the
turkman ,   istanbol   (10.19.09)
palestine people we rule their country and we lost it to british invasion in 1917 although the guilt is on the arab who betray us and help the british we still feel sad for the loss but we shall regain it back to them very soon
29. #25 what armenian never slaughter any body
turkman ,   istanbol   (10.19.09)
we have more armenian in turkey than we have jews we just sign treaty with armenia the country they never ask for apology did ask for apology from germany or you replace it by a sub
30. There are rich Armenians in LA..why not produce a movie
Frank ,   USA   (10.19.09)
about the Turkish atrocities?
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