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Turkey seeks 10 life sentences for Israeli commanders
Reuters, Aviel Magnezi
Published: 23.05.12, 14:50
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31. Indict your PM
Gabriel   (05.23.12)
Mr. One Minute, who ordered to murder your 35 innocent Kurdish teens.
32. erdogan and Barak
alexi   (05.23.12)
nrequo matter what israel does at the US request,r elations will not improve with turkey until the lying brotherhood erdogan is gone from power. Winks from obama that relations are improving are bunk. Murder charges by turkey against idf commandos are rejected and the prosecutors who lay such illegal charges will be marked. On the iran file, unless lieberman and yaalon take charge, nothing will happen. barak is and has been an appeaser and big talker who has become olmert in uniform and bibi is afraid of his shadow. So they both talk and all see through them.
33. turkey is the enemy. next time smash them hard.
RALPH   (05.23.12)
34. Stupid frustrated Turkeys
john   (05.23.12)
Raging mad dogs Turks led by Erdowan and his oppressive government tried for two years everything in their power to bring Israel to it's knees without any shred of success.Even the anti Israel UN HRC which Turkey demanded to investigate ruled "SURPRISE SURPRISE" in favour of Israel.Turkey has committed war crimes, and a near declaration of war by sending a boat full of IHH terrorists,and they are preparing indictments? how idiotic that can be?
35. tipsi-topsi
tiki ,   belgium   (05.23.12)
The world according to the Turks!
36. NATO:Turkey OUT,DEMOCRATIZED Russia IN. Constantinopel back!
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (05.23.12)
37. Bodrum #14 just a couple of questions
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (05.23.12)
Who allowed the IHH to sail from Turkish ports under the Turkish flag? Who exactly is making the Turkish act of war even worse with this stupid persecution? The problems are entirely the making of the current Turkish government. They have committed several acts of war and are now making even more threats against Israel. Careful for what your elected government wishes for - they might get spanked.
38. Erdogan -stupid gambler
Sidney ,   USA   (05.23.12)
A stupid gambler is a loser who keeps doubling the stakes. Erdogan had the not very bright idea of endearing himself to the Arab world by breaking the Gaza blockade. The plan failed and he lost a few Turkish lives. Instead of crawling back into his hole and keeping quiet, he keeps calling attention to his failure by crazier and crazier actions. The lesson for Israel is that there are no good Islamists. Eventually Israel will make peace with the Muslim world but only when they rid themselves of the Islamic curse foisted on the world by the great American ally Saudi Arabia.
39. You Who little recep tayyip erDOGan
(05.23.12)
Are you proud of the Armenian GENOCIDE? What about ALL The Kurds turkey has MURDERED? How about Occupying Northern Cyprus, and Scaring the mild mannered Greeks? I Have Two Words For you PALMER REPORT! turkey Has Egg on Their Face STILL. I guess erDOGan Loves being the Victim?
40. Dangerous game these Turks play
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.23.12)
Israel should approach the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice -- armed with the Palmer Report -- and demand that Turkey's role as a state sponsor of terror in the incident of the MAVI MARMARA be examined, with appropriate indictments rendered. Of course, further demands for indictment of Turkish government officials on charges of crimes against humanity based on the ongoing massacre of innocent Kurdish civilians could be made. And if the Turks want to stir up some pity -- witness their note that Turkey accepted Jews during the Holocaust , yada yada -- well, we can bring up the truth, which is that Turkey did not treat the Jews all that well. They were FAR more interested in appeasing both Arabs and Nazi Germans at the time. But if they want to shlep out the past, we can, too. Can anyone spell "Armenian genocide?" Erdogan and his band of baboons are seriously out of touch with reality. Erdogan, I can understand -- he is in the final stages of metastatic cancer and is probably living on high dosages of pain killers. The rest of the baboons -- no excuses. Israel should teach them yet another lesson. I'm guessing that the MAVI MARMARA and rebuffing the Turkish attempt to steal Israel's natural gas find from both Israel and Greek Cyprus wasn't enough. The message, obviously, hasn't gotten through.
41. erDOGan wants war with Israel
American ,   Los Angeles   (05.23.12)
Recognition of the Armenian Genocide will make turkish jihadist government pay billions and lose power.
42. # 40 What an idiot comment
Kobi Marin ,   Tel Aviv   (05.23.12)
Israel is the last country to resort to the international law to solve a problem. It has been condemned thoroughly in all international judicial instances. Do you want my country to be condemned again? Such an idiot.
43. # 42 Huh?
Amichai ,   Huntsville, US   (05.23.12)
I'm no lawyer, but Israel "has been condemned in all international judicial instances"? I know Israel has been condemned by leftist public opinion, as well as some bodies at the UN run by leftists or Arab cronies, but I didn't know there have been any "International judicial instances" - (which literally means International Court) cases that have been brought against Israel & Israel has been found "guilty" of. SOME (read leftists) continually claim that Israel is in violation of UN Resolutions, but I'm not aware that a UN Judiciary has found such. SOME say that Israel is in violation of international law concerning nukes, though Israel is under no obligation since it hasn't signed the NPT. SOME say that Israel is guilty of crimes against humanity, but no case has been brought before the ICC. Is #40's comment REALLY idiotic, or are you letting your leftist agenda trump facts and sway you from logic? Oh....and it's NOT just your country. Sarah is part of Israel also, as am I.
44. Duck Tape is Needed and Fast
Noah Lev ,   LosangelesUSA   (05.23.12)
To David;: I agree fully with your assessment. Whether Israel, or a group of Jewsh groups, complaints should be made wherever possible alleging Turkey's conspiracy in this entire affair. They say Israel is the result of Turkey's actions..come on guys. 6m Jews die in WW2, 20,000 saved by Turkey, which lost WW1. fighting the Western world and aided the Krauts. 2m Armenians slaughtered by Turkey..yet Turkey derides any US attempt to blame. (US Jews are accused of provocations). This entire prosecution is laughable..and how do they expect to capture those generals using Turkey gobbles as lures, like a duck hunt? Assuming even 1 general is somehow captured..Israel should take out Istabul for starters, and on and on. Israel has neutron, lithium and cobalt bombs for population control something Turkey surely needs,.or perhaps duck tape for it's leaders. But, inwstead of blowing up the ships, the IDF used paint balls..a bigo mistako. But then again, can we not imagine the creis. Paint balls? Wowo.
45. Bibi, Barak and Mofaz Are In, Woe to All
Noah Lev ,   LosAngelesUsA   (05.23.12)
To Sarah: I understand some Jews fought with Turkey during WW1. their home county. ( just as Jews fought for the USA in all it swars, some of which were not always applauded) Its called loyalty. (In Algeria some Muslims claim Jews were loyal to France...thus the violence agains Jews now in Fance). So goes the world. Turkey seems to think the Israel preWW2, is the same..how wrong they are Turkey is playing the Muslim card..hoping that with Iran, Iraq and Egypt, they can from a NWMR. (New World Muslim Order). Any attempt by turkish police or security to kidnap even 1 Israeli over this incident, should be met, similar to Israel's response in Lebanon and Gaza. But harder and smarter. Ineffect, the new govt in Israel: Bbi, Barak and Mofaz..should show ome spunk, and aggressiveness. They now have the Knesset on their side, side stepping the defeatist, retreatist leftists.
46. What about Struma ?
Uler ,   Israel   (05.23.12)
Erdogan is forgetting Struma: The SS Struma was a ship chartered to carry Jewish refugees from Axis-allied Romania to British-controlled Palestine during World War II. The engine gave out several times after the Struma set sail from Constanţa, on the Black Sea on 12 December 1941 and it was towed to Istanbul on 15 December 1941. On February 23, 1942, with its engine inoperable and its refugee passengers aboard, Turkish authorities towed the ship from Istanbul harbor through the Bosphorus out to the coast of Şile in North Istanbul. Within hours, in the morning of February 24, it was torpedoed and sunk by the Soviet submarine Shch 213, killing 768 men, women and children, with only one survivor, a 19 year old man, making it the largest exclusively civilian naval disaster of the war in Black Sea. I myself consider Turks directly responsible for the death of my relatives aboard that ship...
47. erdo is a very disturbed man; textbook psychopathology
rick ,   walnut creek   (05.23.12)
erdo is obsessed with Israel and has persistently and irrationally tried to propagate his false version of the mavi marmara incident, for which he, personally, bears responsibility. erdo cannot admit that he was wrong and cannot allow the controversy to fade. on his death bed, this hateful cretin will still be deliriously inveighing against Israel. he is very sick man.
48. Was about to say Turkey is insane, but...
Alex   (05.23.12)
I know there are many, many, many good Turks who have nothing against Jews or even Israel, but their leaders are truly insane and should be put in psychiatric clinics...
49. Turkey
Rochel ,   Los Angeles, USA   (05.23.12)
And Turkey has been charged with attempted terrorism.
50. #40
Mr.no ,   izmir   (05.23.12)
Armenians should apply international court instead of begging christian politic member of parliament.Turkey ready for this and Armenia?
51. #50 Mr. No from Izmir
David Israel ,   New York, USA   (05.23.12)
Let me remind you that it is because of the Jewish lobby in the USA (Of which I too played a role) that there was never an Armenian Genocide bill passed in the USA. Turkish Jews such as Jak Kamhi, Silvio Ovadia started the campaign and Turkish Jews living in the USA helped to make it a success. Te campaign included the lifting of the US embargo against Turkey imposed after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. My Izmirli Hemseri: You owe a lot to Jews and Israelis for the prosperity that you are enjoying today.
52. To: No. 50
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.23.12)
Turkey to this day refuses to apologize for the Armenian genocide. Why is that?
53. Expression in Farsi
David Fakheri ,   Los Angles - U . S   (05.23.12)
There's an expression in Persian for these type of the countries and people (forgive me for using it) like Turkey and particularly 'Ardog'an" that they can eat any shit that they are asking for ". He and many leaders in this area should know now better that bringing them down out of their power is a matter of the seconds, especially Turkey with tremendous force but silent for now of the unhappy seculars and a big number of the religious population of there.
54. Turkey and the Shoah
Maurice Solovitz ,   London, England   (05.23.12)
One minor problme is that Turkey is a political animal that during WW2 kept itself comfortable with the Nazis so that if Germany had won the war they would be on their good side. Plans for Concentration Camps and Gas Chambers were found in Turkey after the was so please, let us not get all dewey eyed over Turkey. It is a practiced ethnic cleanser (Kurds and Armenians) and by force captured Northern Cyprus when it had no right to do so and still has no right to do so.
55. Islamonuts eventually always show their true colors
Yaniv ,   Israel   (05.23.12)
56. Only imbeciles could do it, and the Turks did it.
Yossi   (05.24.12)
Mehmet Akif Ekinci, the buffoon of turkish legal system. Erdogan should be on trial for ' fracticide '; the slaughter of 9 of it's own citizens. The fact that these 9 were thugs is irrelevant. But Turks being Turks is the norm --- Armenians, Kurds, palestinian stooges, Cyprus (same garbage that Hitler used - protect his oppressed people); and the world doesn't give a sh...t. Erdogan's behavior is not that of a spoiled child but a full fledge IDIOT.
57. Turkey is ruled by idiots these days...
arthur ,   amsterdam   (05.24.12)
...puppets of the Iranian regime... Do they really have time for this nonsense...??
58. Ottoman History
Sherlock Holmes ,   London England   (05.24.12)
It is true that Turkey was a land of refuge for Jews fleeing the Inquisition and it is true that Palestine was a province of the Ottoman Empire where Jews lived with less persecution than many other lands. On the other hand, the videos of the Mari Marmara itself show beyond any doubt that the Israelis were violently attacked and were responding to avoid being killed. The mistake was that Turkey allowed this ship to set out , knowing it would likely lead to violence.
59. coma
joemoer ,   israel   (05.24.12)
i think that Erdogan has been in a coma since a boat load of terrorist aided by turkey tried to pass a naval blockade (and were warned a number of times ) never read such nonsence since i read about the arab spring
60. No Case
Ron ,   OC US   (05.24.12)
A publicity stunt but otherwise no case. Turkey would never want to put this case before a legitimate court of law, they would be exposed as provacatures and they know it.
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