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Turkey takes permissive stance on new Gaza flotilla
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Published: 17.05.11, 23:13
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31. Israeli MK's...WAKE UP!
BJL ,   usa   (05.18.11)
Does anyone think that anyone would have tried this 30 years ago? Hell no! Israel you have made your deterence shrink to nearly nothing. You must regain your previous status of being a State that NO ONE would dare mess with. Now even the street people dont fear you....(shakes head)
32. Freedom Flotila, No.9, No. 10,
John Robey ,   Austin, Texas   (05.18.11)
It never ceases to amaze me that the IDF drops commandos onto a boat and it is the people on the boat who are somehow the agressors. No.9 the problem with your argument is that the blocade ws neither legaL nor internationally recognized. In fact it was almost uiversally criticized and it cost Isral much more than she gained . No 10 they do contol THEIR ports just not those of another state or on the free seas... silly you!
33. turks send escort warships for protection
markow   (05.18.11)
or don't do it at all.
34. AT WAR
ALAN ,   USA   (05.18.11)
THEY ARE AT WAR WITH ISRAEL, SINK IT!!!
35. Send a Team of Psychiatrists
Dallas ,   Canada   (05.18.11)
Have them all declared legally insane, put on the straitjackets and lock them up in a sanatorium.
36. #9 Sarah - Maybe #4 Graczek Will Be On Board
Dallas ,   Canada   (05.18.11)
We can only hope. There are eventual consequences for evil.
37. To #4
Rob ,   USA   (05.18.11)
A naval escort by hostile nations into Israeli waters without Israel's consent would be an act of war. And like it or not, those waters belongs to Israel, a sovereign nation. It is the Turkish FM and Iran who have thought twice about such a move. They are aware of what it would mean if they try to pull such a stunt. If anyone should have a military escort, it is the arab occupiers who should be escorted out of Israel, and back to where they came from- Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Arabia, Lebanon, Iraq.......
38. on #1, solomon
joel ,   usa   (05.18.11)
you can ask any professional seafarers who are license for ocean going vessel, that in entering a sovereign territorial waters, the master/captain should observe & obey the instructions of the coast guard/navy of that country and any violation of their instruction would be dealt with force by their navy/coast guard, if you please, check with UN's IMO!
39. re: "turkeys" stupidity
joel ,   usa   (05.18.11)
if the "turkeys" are not cockling and not stupid, they know that breaking a sovereign territorial waters mean "punishments" that could be sinking their ships even unarmed ones, ok? do that to the USA and you'll be downed in the deep blue sea bottom in a minute? erdogan looks like a brainless leader in his ways?
40. its always the same wishfull thinking
anton ,   istanbul turkey   (05.18.11)
from israeli old friends here we will do this do that we are beter etc :) This flotialla is important cause in my humble opinion it may lead to a war between turkey and israel if turks are killed again dont think turkey will sit do nothin and dont even think usa can stop it :) best regards
41. UN commission findings?
Adam ,   Golan Heights Israel   (05.18.11)
Let me guess? Turkey stamped it's foot, and the UN swept the report under the rug? Same story as the Hariri tribunal, lol. The followers of death cult are laughing, and justifiably so.
42. NFM = NO FASCISM on the MED
(05.18.11)
The Mediterrannean is for Europeans and North Africans and Asians to
43. # 4 Say goonight graczek
H ,   Usa   (05.18.11)
You are surprised that Turkey warns but does not escort? Neither Turkey nor Iran have the stones to confront Israel themselves. InTurkey's case, they are lying blowhards that only have the ability to genocide women and children. In Iran's case, they are gutless punks that gun down their own population and use surrogates like the Hezbonians to do their dirty work. They also know that if they personally attack Israel, Iran will become the largest supplier of glass on the planet.
44. A torpedo can easily stop them.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (05.18.11)
45. Flotillas to free Kurdistan, Cyprus, Armenia, Hatay, Smyrna,
Marco ,   Spain   (05.18.11)
Constantinople, Anatolia, Trace from Mongol Turks occupation
46. About the woed "zion and zionist"
IlanaB   (05.18.11)
Zion refers to Jerusalem and to the Biblical land of Israel. The word is first found in Samuel II, 5:7 dating back over two and a half millennia. After two millennia of existence of the Jewish diaspora without a national state, the Zionist movement was founded in the late 19th century . So, you see, you dirty anti semite/s calling us "zionists" is great and a compliment. Keep it up!
47. Can' be stopped but can be sunk.
Israeli 2   (05.18.11)
48. Would the Turks have the guts to do that, #33?
Cameron ,   USA   (05.18.11)
Big money sez not a chance.
49. we're onrgenizing an aid flotila to help the kurds
damian ,   israel   (05.18.11)
at the same day the IHH (the terror organization) will take place. i invite you all to take a stand and join us to assist the poor kurds. who's with me???
50. Damian #49
R ,   Israel   (05.18.11)
Please provide details.
51. Scrap that ship
Batuhan ,   Istanbul,Turkey   (05.18.11)
Dear Israel Please do not let IHH to worsen our relations any further.Just confiscate and scrap that ship.This is not a aid flotilla,This is just testing Israel's patience.
52. #3 Interesting point. How?.....
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (05.18.11)
Likewise in connection with Arab imperialism in North Africa.
53. #4 graczek There is Nothing to think twice about
Wondering   (05.18.11)
if they try to braek THE LEGAL BLOCKADE they would be SUNK and rightly so.
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