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Turkey: Israel has met our main demands
Yoav Zitun
Published: 23.03.13, 00:44
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31. Dear world.....
haim B ,   Jerusalem   (03.23.13)
We apoligise to the Nazis for the hassle we gave them when they tried to destroy our entire existance. We apologise to all the suicide terrorists who had to die when killing us. We apologise to Yasser Arafat for not letting him perform enough terror. We apologise to the Palestinians for ant retaliation we have done. We also aplogise that you never managed (yet) a mega pigua. We apologize to Saudi Arabia for them getting the blame for 9/11. This is quite exhilarating.
32. Nr 14. That seems to be right !
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (03.23.13)
Turkey will be the Big Looser in this Game but, why did the Israli PM bow to Obama for His Support to what you suggested, that is, If Obama could not support Israel without this Policy of accepting His Policy of Usefull Idiocy by the Israeli PM, He is sertainly no Friend of Israel. Obama has shitten in Israel, thats for sure, albait The Israeli PM only excused for som mistakes or smaller and minor blunder, things which does not consern neither Turkey,US and th World. This is and Political Disgrace to Israel no matter what. Facesaving it is called. And only a Fool and Idiotl would like to save of Turkey Arn.Sweden.
33. Nr 25. The Turkish Selfdeceptive Ego has Spoken !.
Arn. ,   Sweden   (03.23.13)
That is why the Israeli PM has made a Big Blunder of Disgrace, it only Feeds the Turkish Wolfish Selfdeceptive Ego which ill Grow untill its cut off ! The Turkish Ego cant live without Humiliating others, thats its life. Arn.Sweden.
34. WE'RE HAVING TURKEY FOR PASSOVER AT MY HOUSE!
Mauriçio ,   Sintra, Portugal   (03.23.13)
First we cut off it's head, then boil it, then pluck the feathers, then cut lower parts & remove giblets, then splash vinegar allover it, then smash garlic allover, inside and out, then add salt, tobasco sauce, curry, a little oregano, a little rosemary & your good to go.
35. # 26 BINGO!
BUILD BABY BUILD !!! ,   United States   (03.23.13)
Hell, after Erdogen's folly, I wouldn't buy a turkish candy. Amen! Vote with your feet, stay the hell out of Turkey.
36. # 23 Taz Man Judge not
BUILD BABY BUILD !!! ,   United States   (03.23.13)
G-d chose both the land and the people. Who are you to judge His choices or take an amateur stab at prophecy? Remember, Christ was a Jew he came exclusively to the Jews. Respectfully, may I ask you to butt out? You neither represent the Jews or Israel.
37. By this act of cowardice...
Jake Stone ,   USA   (03.23.13)
(which will be seen as weakness by the Muslims)...Netanyahu has only assured Israel more problems! Any sign of weakness will only assure the deaths' of many more Israelis! Now, isn't the time for capitulation, but courage in the face of an enemy that seeks your destruction, and nothing less will suffice! Israeli leadership worries me, but my faith in God is stronger, because I no He will provide and protect what belongs to him. Israel doesn't deserve God, but because of His faithfulness, Israel will always be!
38. ISRAELI TOURISTS DONT COME
Turgut Ockal ,   Ismirna   (03.23.13)
Barbara, my dear, I am sorry to disappoint you, but after israelis stopped coming to Turkey, our touristic sector only increased. See the data from the World Tourism Organization. We receive 31 million people a year. Israel is completely, totally irrelevant. Look for another destination. DONT COME. If you do, Iranians will not come and their number is huge compare do yours. PLEASE, Dont spoil our touristic revenues. And, besides, you Israelis are well known to create problems. Ask Chileans, ask Europeans.. No, thank you, dont come.
39. apology
albert snow ,   sweden   (03.23.13)
Why did Bibi apologize when Turkey should? My guess is he got something in return from Obama. We don´t know what that is but it´ll show in time. This is called pragmatism. But it´s also about building alliances between parties sharing the fear for the Iraninan threath but out of different reasons. All parties are afraid of the danger having iranian troops along it´s borders when taking power after Assad falls. It´s in Turkeys, Israels, Jordanians, , USA, the kurds and people of Syria and Lebanons mutual interests to stop iranian imperialism before it turns Syria to an ockupied shiite colony armed with nukes. That´s what it´s all about and that´s why minor disputes between Turkey and Israel has to be put aside. If we see it from an live or die perspective we can see the wisdom in Bibis apology. Erdogan was to proud having a to big ego to be able to take that step. But now was the right time to end that dispute and it´s a shame Bibi was the one having to take responsible for something he wasn´t responsible for.
40. #14 Sarah B is right, for once, about
Shalom ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (03.23.13)
about Erdogan's recognizing that Turkey needs to bury the hatchet with Israel in order to deal with the Syrian situation. What Bibi did was less than Turkey demanded but more than Israel offered in the past, so a face-saving compromise. What she says about repatriation to Jordan, however, is wishful thinking. Continued settlement construction will be grudging tolerated by the US precisely only if there is no mass expulsion of Palestinians. Remember Kosovo.
41. Sarah of #14
Cameron ,   USA   (03.23.13)
Shameful as it gets. Net tossing aside of pride & honor to kiss the Turkish arse in the name of cutting a deal. You applaud & rationalize Net bending over for the worst kind of pimp behavior, Sarah? What a grubbing lawyer you is. Appalled. The times confound.
42. # 24 Kobi No it is you with the deranged mind.
BUILD BABY BUILD !!! ,   United States   (03.23.13)
Sarah is right, her knowledge on the subject far exceeds your limited mental grasp. Jordan like all arab nations keep the pals in camps. With good reason their the most violent of all people. Joran IS palestine, Israel is Israel soon, no pals in Israel! Yippee!! Israel will ANNEX BUILD CAPITOL ALL OF JERUSALEM Jordan is a weenie when it comes to any help for anyone especially the pals now, Jordan is home to how many fleeing Syrians?? No day will be brighter than when all the pals return to either Jordan or whatever arab hell hole they originated from. It certainly wasn't Israel, that land belongs to JEWS!
43. #19
Non-Jew ,   England   (03.23.13)
We've all heard horror stories about holidaymakers from lots of countries - including my own. That doesn't mean all the people from these countries are like that, it just means there are some idiots in every demograph. And sadly, that includes Turkey: it is widely know in England that it is unwise for women-only groups to go on holiday to Turkey because of the persistent sexual pestering they inevitably get from some of the Turkish men, which prevents them from relaxing and enjoying their stay. So groups of girls usually choose to holiday in other cheap, but more hassle-free, countries instead, and Turkey misses out on their custom. I've also heard from a few younger couples I know who have holidayed in Turkey that the female of the couple was even pestered by men when the husband left her alone briefly, e.g. to visit the toilet! Also, two older couples we know who have regularly holidayed in Turkey for years, said after last year they won't be going again, because over their last couple of visits, they have been excessively pestered by more than a few Turkish shopkeepers to enter and buy something from their shop, and when they tried to politely decline (like most other holiday makers, they do have limited holiday budget), the storekeeper then turned nasty and abusive, causing them to feel intimidated and upset, and just wanting to cut their day out short and return quickly to their Hotel. This behaviour was encountered with sufficient frequency for it to ruin their holidays. So apparently some Turks are idiots enough to contribute to their own economic decline by engaging in such behaviour.
44. To: No. 25
(03.23.13)
Okay, here's another joke: Turkey fancies itself a world power. Yeah, right. With the shipyards in Iskenderun lying empty and rotting, with 41 Turkish shipping companies in bankruptcy, with tens of thousands of Syrian having crossed the border into Turkey and with Iran -- your so-called "friend" threatening Turkish interests and backing the Syrian regime -- Turkey actually seems to think it matters. There! Turkey is the joke, you fool. Take away the NATO bases, and what do you have? A great big Turkish turkey.
45. To: Shalom at No. 40
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.23.13)
I think you are forgetting that the Arabs in Judea and Samaria are all Jordanian citizens, courtesy of Jordan's 1954 Citizenship Law, which bestowed Jordanian citizenship upon all West Bank Arabs AND THEIR PROGENY, irrevocably. Oh, Jordan has tried to rescind that law, without success. The ICJ has consistently ruled that an irrevocable grant of citizenship is precisely that -- IRREVOCABLE. When West Bank Arabs travel abroad, they do so on Jordanian passports. How many countries can you name that issue passports to non-citizens? By the way, Kosovo was sovereign territory, and fell under the auspices of the Geneva Convention. Judea and Samaria are nonsovereign, and thus cannot claim protection under the Geneva Convention. Besides -- the Arabs in Judea and Samaria are not stateless; they have Jordanian citizenship. Israel WILL annex Judea and Samaria, and the Arab population there is subject to repatriation. All sovereign states have an absolute right to determine who may and who may not live within its borders. It may not be pleasant, but it WILL happen.
46. To #1- Are you dreaming things?
Ibrahim ,   Ankara   (03.23.13)
No one is laughing in Turkey. I don't know where you came up with this from. PM Erdogan has also immediately after receiving the apology instructed the Prosecutors office to withdraw all charges against ally IDF soldiers who took part in the Mavi Marmara raid, on the basis that the State of Israel issued a sincere apology. He additionally instructed the Turkish Foreign Ministry to take staps for the reopening of both embassies. Turkey and Israel are once again staunch allies.
47. #36 - BUILD BABY BUILD
Devorah   (03.23.13)
Hey. Taz has been posting here for quite a while. He loves the God of Israel, the land of Israel and the Jewish people. I'm familiar enough with his writing to know that this particular post was written in frustration. It also agrees with the posts of some Jews since this business with Turkey began. Baby, I respectfully ask you to give him a pass.
48. #23
jacob ,   usa   (03.23.13)
How can you claim to love G-d and at the same time insult HIS chosen people. As a famous president once said-"You're either with us or you're with the terrorists". I hope for your sake you are not with the terrorists
49. To: No. 41
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.23.13)
Hell, baby, you miss the big picture. Judea and Samaria to be annexed; its Arab population repatriated to Jordan; a large staging area -- south AND, now, north -- against Syria; a large staging area against Iran. For what? An apology regretting the loss of life (while stopping well short of apologizing for the raid) and a couple of hundred thousand dollars to pay compensation to the families of dead terrorists (bet the U.S. is going to foot that bill, anyway)? Obama is the one who got outfoxed. Appalling, indeed. But only if you're an American. I'm not "grubbing," and I am sorry to hear that that is your experience. But I am very, VERY smart. You could use a little bit of THAT!
50. turkey is important but so is Israel
marcel   (03.23.13)
turkey is important but as syrian hostility to turkey shows, erdogan is a big talker who runs to nato for protection from syria when it outnumbers syria 3 to 1. and turkey pushes for military equiment from israel. Of course livni says concede, apologize, beg, she is like olmert, weak like hell like half the population who have not enabled themselves to stand upright with conviction. Bibi for all his talk and background is a weak man and folds. Erdogan has not changed and will continue to demand more and more from bibi who will give save for bennett.As I said bibi cannot launch an operation against iran. He is way too weak. and israel risks losing its country if it doesn't stand for some idea. Yechaimovtich and livni are dead wrong in endlessly advocating concessions since israel will be emasculated, noting left but the bunch of cowards in haaretz. Bibi at this point is beginnging to sicken all jews. get to the bloody gym and work out and stick to some bloody principles. erdogan will not stop his baiting of his israel. Lieberman was right in slamming bibi. This iis ridiculous.
51. Turkish media prepared for this
Sven ,   Germany   (03.23.13)
for months. Since about half a year, secular and Islamist media in Turkey markedly toned down their propaganda against Israel, subtely even suggesting to their readership that the alliance isn't that bad. In the meantime, they argue and fericiously attack Syria and especially Iran. The Islamist media in a 180 degree roundturn has gone from sympathy with Iran to open hatred and agitation, saying that most bad things in the region are caused there. This means something.
52. gal on,livni and yechaimovitch
geroge   (03.23.13)
If these 3 and bibi were heading up the jews in world war ll, there is no doubt that they would offer an apology to hitler for any operational errors jews made on their way into gas chambers and then offer to pay hitler compensation. Seeing this begging and degrading behaviour of jews, it is becoming more apparent that jews do no merit a state and should like livni says be under the aegis of leaders like erdogan and obama as dizimmis., What a gutlesspeople!
53. #1: You are right. But Israelis hopefully won'tt forget!
Dee Bee ,   Israel   (03.23.13)
Netanyahu sold Israel out. That is one thing. But to apologize to this Islamic Fanatic who called "Zionism a crime against humanity" is something else. Netanyahu has brought shame on Israel and every Jew on this planet! Netanyahu has basically said that Israel has no right to defend itself! Some things cannot be erased and we can still hear the calls by the Turkish people of "Jews OUT" with the same Nazi viciousness in the 1930's. That will never go away. Governments can make peace but real peace is is when people make peace and that is not happening! We will never forget!
54. Read between the lines..........
ben ,   israel   (03.23.13)
apart from that it takes a real man to offer the olive branch.....the turk is the whimp! Unneccessary deaths, yes we are all sorry for those fools...NOT. Were the actual dead mentioned in name? We are more sorry for the agreesion towards our IDF. Hope they hold their breath regarding compensation. Have a feeling where it is coming from! Turkey is going going back into a middle age country and I do feel for those that liked the modern country. Yep...Turkey is going to the dogs, they had better do something and quick! Turkey...the name fits...
55. Us Turkey İsrael
anton ,   istanbul   (03.23.13)
When you think about who won the most, its hard to decide obama traveled to middle east with carrying expectations of both israelis and pals, in his 3 day trip, to my knowledge not much came to fruition i guess it was all planned when erdogan made zionism statements, obama knew it would be opportunity for him and for us allies turkey and israel to find common ground erdogan later said he was misunderstood about zionism remarks, this was a compromise a sing of ease from turkısh side, obama used this to bring netanyahu to apologize after all he doesnt have much choice , it wasnt sincere apology turks know it but seems somethings greater than both sides pride pushed them to sit on table obama got what he wanted aleader than can solve things, and can make both erdogan and netanyahu listen what he says turkey got what it wanted, image of a country with pride also possibly help from un to contain syria war if it were to spill over turkısh border, and maybe sensitive arm deals with usa who knows israel got its share too the help when iran and syria gets out of control,and apolitical relief in middle east after all turkey is, to most people the biggest player in middle east it may look like win win win but as a turk i tınk we didint win anything as thre is nothin we can gain from israels frienship
56. Sarah of #49
Cameron ,   USA   (03.23.13)
No, you're just steadily sounding more & more fanatical and irrational to the point of spooky on these YNET postings. Take a break, & gather your wits.
57. To #5
Mark Green ,   Amsterdam,NL   (03.23.13)
In this situation girl firend is Israel. because Netanyahu acceped to wellcome the aids to gaza from now on.. So, girl friend denied to give her virginity first and after that she accepts to give it to his boy friend she opened it and expressed her apology to make trouble in the first time.. :)
58. To: No. 56
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.23.13)
Well, that would be your opinion. Climb back aboard your barstool and pound down some more Jameson. It will help you gather what's left of your "wits." USA, indeed. Methinks Dublin is far closer to home for you. You are as much an American as Osama bin Laden. You can't pull the wool over my eyes, baby.
59. To : #3
Atilla Ayberk ,   Turkey   (03.23.13)
After Armenians will apologize the Azerbaycan Turks for the genocide in Hocali..
60. To #47 Devorah!!!
Taz Man ,   USA   (03.23.13)
God bless you and yours! May He love and protect you always!!!
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