"the only population swap we will agree to is for you to go back to Russia and for the refugees to come back from Syria and Lebanon." Great solution!

And what about the 1,221,849 Greek refugees from Turkey who had to leave Turkey after WW I, a country where their ancestors had dwelled long before the first "Turk" had even heard about the existence of that country !! Is Turkey going to let them and their decendents return, is Turkey going to let them retake possession of every thing that they had to give-up when Turkey tossed them out ? Ex-colonial and "ethnicly cleansed" Turkey, better keep to your own problems.

Because nothing wins votes like Jew bashing....

weird that

for four hundred years what did turks do for them?...ah yes that was before they started to learn farsi!

If Turkey in its pompous arrogance has the impertinence to meddle into the internal affairs of Israel, then Israel has a natural right to do so inside Turkey. It actually has an obligation to do so. Helping the Kurds is the right thing to do anyway! Their suffering is not so unlike ours. Turkey seems to forget that Israel is not under Ottoman occupation anymore and that they have no right whatsoever to tell us what to do or not to do neither outside our borders, nor inside Israel. We should make these facts very clear to Turkey. If they don't like it, then let them recall their Ambassador, or better yet, cut diplomatic ties.

Kurdistan will be created with big chunks of Turkey, Iran and Iraq... and maybe a small part of Syria too. Let's help the PKK Freedom Fighters! The Kurds have suffered enough. It's about time they got a country for themselves!

What if Umm al-Fahm and its residents were not within the borders of the State of Israel? Against which government would they be protesting? Would they even be allowed to protest? Just wondering.

as a turk, i think it would be best if i explained what's going on here. the ottoman empire was the most tolerant in history. its a widely documented fact. in fact, unless you suffer from ignoramus, the khazard turks were the first jewish empire, who descendants are the ashkenazi jews, who later established y'Israel. we are friends, and will continue to be friends. this sudden interest in iran is only a potential business venture after realising the amount of money to be made. Turkey is only trying to play it ottoman- oriented natural regional power-role; whilst preserving and continuation of kemals legacy. modern Turkey is more open with its neighbours, and this choice is purely business oriented; which worries me. but this is an economic oriented administration; not political.

In WW1 Greeks attacked us , what have you expected more, telling them welcome and live here in peace forever ? You and the stupids like you are real provacators... On the other hand in this world war we killed so many Greeks who tried to occupy our land , that you did not have any population in Greece. We helped you be a nation again :).