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EU parliamentarians seek public condemnation of Erdogan
Itamar Eichner
Published: 10.03.13, 12:52
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1. big talkers
tiki ,   belgium   (03.10.13)
Erdogan is coming to Holland this month on an official visit. Let's see if the spineless Dutch PM will tell him something and if so what Erdogan will do except to put up his middle finger!
2. Refusal to condemn Erdogan implies compliance with his words
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (03.10.13)
3. Erdogen a man with a big mouth..
Ivan ,   South Africa   (03.10.13)
small ears and no brains..
4. A large number? You must be joking.
Beauchard   (03.10.13)
Ynet major news: 20 members of the EU parliament signed a letter objecting to Erdogan calling the Jewish right to self-determination a crime against humanity. My major news: 734 members (87.4%) did not sign the letter.
5. The Turkish Hitler wanna be. Look at that stache and that
hippocrates ,   earth   (03.10.13)
irritated face. What a a racist punk.
6. who cares what EU thinks
alsky ,   toronto   (03.10.13)
they lost the respect of many a long time ago. Enjoy your Muslims EU !
7. 100 million muslims in Europe. Europe loves Erdogan and Turk
Pinar[ ,   ankara turkey   (03.10.13)
100 million muslims in Europe. Europe loves Erdogan and Turk
8. Correction!
Mark ,   London, UK   (03.10.13)
In English, members of the European parliament are called MEPs (= member of the European Parliament)
9. Smartest thing Europe can do.
Beni B ,   Baltimore   (03.10.13)
Muslims are destroying Europe. It will look like Casablanca soon. -- Maybe the Europeans will start to fight but most likely too late already. London is an utter joke nowadays. People like Galloway are permitted to carry on.
10. Erdogan is Obama's friend
Cipora Julianna Kohn ,   Z   (03.10.13)
as long as erdogan remains obama's good friend, erdogan will feel free to make outrageous antisemitic remarks. erdogan is an islamist who sincerely believes in the supremacy of islam and the illegitimacy of the dhimmi jews who had the outrageous temerity to declare their state in their ancestral homeland in the land of israel.
11. To number 7 - exaggerated numbers
(03.10.13)
Nowhere are there 100 million Muslims in Europe Greater Europe excluding Turkey is likely to have about45 million and within the EU the figure is about 20 million. Your gross exaggeration confirms the view that many non musls have about not trusting Muslim rhetoric and it may be better to Stick to the tales of Arabia with flying carpets There is increasing contempt in Europe for the way Islam and the Arab world in particular conduct public discourse. I wish Moslems in Europe well and no harm or discrimination. Turkish rhetoric about Israel, combined with your exaggerated figures does not help build trust or confidence
12. Europe
anton ,   istanbul   (03.10.13)
lets say you are right vis a vis erdoğan this time, it seems to me that most european either indiferent to his comments or agree with him deep down from my experinces i think latter weighs more eu wont and cant condemn erdoğan when they need turkeys collabration more and more europeans in large dont have good feelings towards israel, lets again say erdoğan is wrong in his words is the whole eu is wrong with their boycotts cndemnation of israel? logic says thre must be something you do wrong but ofc if torah says otherwise who cares logic right? ;)
13. #4
Eyal ,   usa israel   (03.10.13)
I do believe there are only 27 members? That's more like 70% who signed. What do you mean by 734?
14. Exageration?
Barry ,   Tokyo   (03.10.13)
Sharia permits polygamy. The EU's laissez faire approach to it's Islamic population will allow their childbirth rate to explode to 100 million plus within our generation. There already are more than 50 million of them when you include the illegal folks that contribute nothing. Oh yes, you don't promote understanding and well being with criminals, you either jail them of deport them back to their natural habitats.
15. don't do that!
Atilla ,   Istanbul   (03.10.13)
Zionist supremacy is not new to the Islamophobia movement and would that cause the europeans want to kill Turks just like in case of arson or xenophobic attacks on Turks in Germany ..
16. Do other ethnic groups
Jarda ,   Czech Republic   (03.10.13)
the same right to fulfill the national rights and aspiration in their ancestral land?
17. No Supremacy
(03.10.13)
Zionism is the legitimate expression of the Jewish people, nation to have and live in their original homeland where we have a clear documented historical, cultural and demographic connection. Islamophobia in Europe is a real and a serious problem. I myself have overheard and witnessed vitriolic anti Moslem comments . Erdoghan is beginning to sound like Nasser and we all know what happened as a result of his exaggerated bluster!!
18. To #13, #4 is correct.
MikeA ,   Boston, USA   (03.10.13)
Those numbers are correct. There are around 750 MEP seats in the EU parliament. The action of these members amounts to nothing more than a sub-committee hearing. Almost worthless. Their hearts are in the right place, but alas, we are only talking about 5% of hearts.
19. Erdogan will do everything in order to protect
olim hadashim ,   tel aviv/israel   (03.10.13)
the Jews in Turkey.But when it comes to Jews as a sovereign nation in their own land this is for him unacceptable.
20. Scored out after Assad's big V. Screwed my beau.country up!
Obsessive ,   Turkey   (03.10.13)
Officially invited unofficial. Zionist Courage award-ed Anti-Zionist. Today in NATO, the other day in Shangai 5. No matter East or West. Everybody is mocking us! Who created this mess... I guess they know how to clean it too. Severe rhetoric for quitting...Shouldnt be so easy!
21. why are you surprised?
ardor ,   toronto canada   (03.10.13)
Muslim Turkey committed the first holocaust of last century, giving hitler the courage to commit the second.
22. Show of support for Israel?
Uzziel   (03.10.13)
Eurabia under the current circumstances is never going to support Israel. They are just building a wall of excuses to prevent Turkey from entering the EU. Israel is just another convenient brick in this wall.
23. Beauchard #4
A Jerusalemite ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (03.10.13)
You are a bit confused. The EU only has 27 member countries - Austria, Bulgaria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Where did you ever get "...734 members did not sign the letter"?
24. when you talk about muslims in
Barney ,   USA   (03.10.13)
europe, wasn't it arafat who said he will conquer with the womb of arab women?
25. #13 eyal
solomon ,   bklyn   (03.10.13)
There are 27 nations that are members of the EU. They are represented by 754 persons (ministers?).
26. #23 A Jerusalemite
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (03.10.13)
Beauchard is correct - just as in America there are only 50 states, there are 100 Senators and 435 Representatives. The EU has 27 member states, but the MEPs number 736 and will rise in the next elections to 751.
27. Fear of Jews not what it used to be, OK now to speak truth
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.10.13)
28. Not trying to be funny but,,,,,,
Sophie ,   Newark, N.J.   (03.10.13)
Is it possible for Ethiopian Israeli black Jews, the black Israeli Jews of Dimona, the black Indian Israeli Bani Menashi Jews, Jews of color, the dark ones,,, to fullfill this, economicaly, socialy, religiously, spritually in Israel, is there a life for any non-Euro white Israeli Jew in the land of Israel that believes and espouses this concept of Zionism. I am not trying to be funny, but just what is Zionism economically, spiritually and socially for Jews of color, the dark ones.
29. 18 - #4 is correct.
split ,   US   (03.10.13)
Not exactly, the percentage is wrong it should be around 97.4 % not 87.4 ,...
30. EU knows if they admit Turks Muslim takeover will be complet
Scott ,   Ramat Gan, Israel   (03.10.13)
It''s noble of the Europeans to stand up for the Jews for a change, but there are other motives. The Europeans know if the, t admit Turkey, the Muslim conquest of Europe will be complete. The Turks have already taken over parts of Germany, Belgium, Netherlands & France. If the EU lets Turkey in, the Turks will flood into Europe, except this time legally & there won't be anything the EU can do to stop it. Erdogan is giving the EU plenty of reasons to deny Turkey membership.
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