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Billboards in Ankara: 'Israel apologized, thank you Erdogan'
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Published: 25.03.13, 23:13
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31. No doubt TV serial is next, then a musical.. :-))
tom ,   tel aviv   (03.26.13)
32. The Shame is Growing in Israel !.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (03.26.13)
I Quote - "Israel apologized to Turkey. Dear prime minister, we are grateful that you let our country experience this pride," the billboards read. Comment - The Pride of The Unrightous Selfdeceptive Turkish Mongol Personality, who in unrightousness action Humiliating Others, knows no boundaries. Shame on the Israeli PM. Arn.Sweden.
33. My tax money paying for all this
Charles ,   Herzliya   (03.26.13)
Never mind we apologized for something there is not apology necessary but to top it all off am going to be paying my hard earned tax money to a bunch of terrorist turks. This country well and truly sucks . If I aint paying it to haredim its to the terrorists. Thank you Bibi and most of all thank you Obama. I really am starting to believe we are all friars living here
34. Wasnt actually an apology
Jayjay ,   Israel   (03.26.13)
And Israel offered compensation for the dead terrorists families ages ago. So the reality is that Erdogan achieved
35. Double standard
Istvan ,   BUDAPEST HUNGARY   (03.26.13)
Hussein Obama, the world champion of human rights, allows the tyrranic turkish policy against kurdish minority. He says israeli occupation is intorelable, but turkish occupation of 20 millions of kurds is no problem. Not a voice in Israel to support kurds. SHAMEFUL !
36. Hahaha...
Golani ,   Harezt   (03.26.13)
Poor little man with big dreams... hahahaha....
37. #2 What did Sara say?
Tahl   (03.26.13)
"There will be no apology, save for the one that Erdogan shamefacedly makes to Israel for fomenting a tempest in a teapot. There will be no compensation to the families of Turkish terrorists" - Sarah B (12.05.10)
38. Well done Turkey!!!
Mike   (03.26.13)
Gosh Turkey is really rubbing Bibi's nose in it and making him dance to Turkey's tune, then again there is nothing wrong with that has he deserves it for being so stubborn for 3 years. It also shows that it is Israel which needs Turkey, after all if Israel didn't why bow to an apology? Well done Turkey you stuck to your guns and it was Israel that came knocking.
39. Disturbing news
Keren IL-BR   (03.26.13)
Shame, oh shame. Humilliation. Turkey and the world are now imposing our agenda. Our defense is now dictated by foreign people. When we act to defend ourselves, we have now to apologize... and pay compensation. Even our policy in relation to Gaza may change because Turkeys demands it. Where is our sovereignty? Where is our dignity? Are we a free country or what/ In the root of it is the refusal to dissociate from the Palestinians and treat them as another country, one that we can react harshly when they provoke us, as Turkey does with Iraq and nobody says nothing. Occupation is killing is from wihtin. What is the worth of keeping 500 thousand freaks in the West Bank and 7.5 million humilliated, submitted people within the Green Line? I am leaving my house in Karnei and moving to Hadera...
40. To Iranian Jew
Kobi Martin ,   Tel Aviv   (03.26.13)
Iranian Jew, you live in a dream. 1. Turkey is much richer than Israel. After we stopped vacationing there, they even increased the number of turists (31 million a year, believe it or not) 2. They really dont give a thing about Israeli products. Just check your data. They can buy any good stuff anywhere in Europe 3. Israel desperately needs Turkey for any attack in Iran. Not the other way around. That's why we are in our knees before Erdogan now. 4. The blockade will be eased because Erdogan is ordering us to do it no matter our security concerns. Turkey is our master now 5. They will send new flottillas now. They will provoke and instigate and we will not react.
41. What shameless people are Zionists...
Ahmet, Turkey ,   Istanbul, Turkey   (03.26.13)
After everything said and done, your Bibi bowed down and your pants are down. You still have the nerve to speak as if nothing happened. You are really the damned tribe, destined to lose all the time.
42. let's be serious...
Marcelo ,   Berlin / TLV   (03.26.13)
Turkey was the only country oposing Israel to get into the NATO. Now, with the compensation of those non-existent bugs, Israel will join the NATO and therefore be able to attack Iran...so, ErDog-followers, keep swallowing your stupid proud hahaha
43. In which alternative universe do you reside
Sarah B ,   Tel Aviv/London   (03.26.13)
if you think Erdogan got suckered? Netanyahu was frogmarched by the President of the United States into a portacabin at Ben Gurion and ordered to phone Erdogan whilst Obama stood over him telling him what to say and not what to say. Meanwhile all over the media yesterday was the declaration by Erdogan that after getting the apology, relations will be normalised after the lifting on the siege on Gaza, which he is visiting next week, and compensation for the family, which is being negotiated. All this after you had taken the stance of the nightclub bouncer from Moldova who had stated there should be no apology. Time and again you expect people to forget what you have previously stated
44. So replacing Turkey as an ally with Greece didn't work then
Ivor Biggergun   (03.26.13)
45. what is wrong with that?
turanian ,   turkey   (03.26.13)
he deserves it, everybody knows, thank you mr erdoğan
46. Post #37 is not mine.
Tahl ,   (the real one)   (03.26.13)
47. Cheap politics
sipahi ,   Istanbul   (03.26.13)
and propaganda for the uneducated people. Sure, the apoloy is a political "victory", but that should not be used this way.
48. To: No. 9
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.26.13)
Yes, of course. But if you did no wrong, then there is no need to apologize -- that, too, is part and parcel of Jewish (and other) values which I also teach my children. The Palmer Report exonerated Israel, and declared that Israel had every right to deter a breach of its fully legal and internationally-recognized blockade of Gaza. Moreover, Netanyahu apologized for the loss of life. He stopped well short of apologizing for the raid upon the MAVI MARMARA -- remember that vessel? The ship that purported to be carrying "humanitarian" aid to Gaza, and was subsequently found to be carrying nothing but a couple of boxes of expired over-the-counter medications and a handful of mouldy old blankets .... you know, the vessel whose voyage was underwritten by the Turkish government. Erdogan is still smarting, I guess, both from the embarrassment of the "humanitarian" sail not having anything humanitarian about it, and because of the clear rebuke issued by the Palmer Report.
49. To: Mark at No. 25
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.26.13)
Pride goeth before a fall. And a very Chag Pesach Sameach to you and those you hold close.
50. To: No. 1
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.26.13)
No, killing nine Turkish terrorists who refused a lawful order to cease and desist and to heave to and reverse course. The Palmer Report did, after all, state unequivocally that Israel's blockade of Gaza is fully legal and internationally recognized, and that Israel had every right to act to thwart an attempted breach. Wringing your hands over the death of one Turkish-American terrorist? Where were your crocodile tears when ersatz "Palestinian" terrorists blew up the Marine barracks in Beirut, killing over two hundred and forty Americans? Your hypocrisy knows no bounds, does it?
51. To: No. 37
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.26.13)
Israel did not apologize for the raid; Israel apologized for the loss of life. And the United States is footing the bill for compensation. I can live with that. I guess you've never made an incorrect guess in your entire life, is that right?
52. To: No. 37, redux
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.26.13)
My goodness! I must say I am quite flattered that you should hang onto my every word and devote time looking up earlier talkbacks. Or do you save them? All that work and effort, and you still haven't learned how to spell my name. I'm not an Arab, dear. Are you? You need to get a life, honey.
53. Netanyahu is an abonination and an insult to every Israeli
Al   (03.26.13)
soldier who stands on guard for Israel 24/7. My younger son risks his life day in day out, hardly ever coming home to visit his mother. When the shooting starts, will Netanyahu's sons be there to defend the country? Will his sons have to man the tanks and accept RPG fire? The answer is no. They will be safe and sound in some government sponsored schnorrer position. My kids mother is worried 24/7. She calls me every single week, telling me of her constant worry and pain. I, who live in Canada is worried as well. Netanyahu, you have lost me as a father of a soldier. You have shown great disrespect to every single soldier and their family. Leave office now!
54. # 8
BUILD BABY BUILD !!! ,   United States   (03.26.13)
bibi bowed to obama and obama bows to the saudi king.
55. Despite all the Whining by the Zionist Talkbackers
Doug ,   Rochester, USA   (03.26.13)
This is a great accomplishment by Turkey. To get the Israeli government to finally admit that their raid was wrong and that they owe compensation to the families of the victims they brutally murdered by shooting them at point-blanc range through the back of their head. Next step: Arrest the thug commandos and those that gave them illegal orders.
56. #40 kobi's on crack
(03.26.13)
Anything isslimic Cannot Be Compared! Isslim is Delutional, Evil, Twisted. If turkey thinks erDOGan won anything legitimate there in lies the problem! Out of touch, illogical, pathetic is erDOGan and All isslimic cuntries!!!!
57. a sign of weakness from Israel politics
Anna M Sedda ,   Rome   (03.26.13)
to apologize for a terror act from Turkey towards any other Nation and bend to Erdogan the African Hitler is a sign of deep weakness.. I suggest Israelies "do not go to Turkey on holidays"
58. #35 Istvan the Magyar. Attila is coming!!!!
Obsessive ,   Turkey   (03.26.13)
Millions of Turks are living in China, Iran and Russia. Pakistan is our better half /back yard. Millions of Muslims in India (converted to Islam by the Turks) Taj Mahal is Turkish. West side of the China Wall is Turkish. Greeks, Egyptians and Gulf Arabs were building ships because Turks were patrolling between Gibraltar, Spain and Kerala,India.... but this time we will control the Yangtze River and Hong Kong too!!!!!!!!!!!! With the American Pacific Missile Shield ASIA WILL BE TOAST !!!!!!!!! Together with Germany EUROPE WILL BE TOAST TOO!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA YEAAHHH!!!
59. bilboard
anton ,   istanbul   (03.26.13)
reads gratitue not thank you its really childish these behaviours putting bilboards up i gues they dont have anything better to do fad i almost felt your pain:) but dont worry it will heal, pride doesnt bleed as your body does and what netanyahu did was to prevent your body bleeding in turmoil of middle east think of it this way
60. A NECESSARY CLARIFICATION
Tayfun ,   Istanbul, Turkey   (03.26.13)
These billboards were put up by the sycophantic municipal chief of Ankara, Mr. Melih Gokcek, who has been bending over backwards to suck up to Erdogan to win favours from the government. Mr. Gokcek spends his office time verbally attacking and suing teenagers who criticize him on Twitter. Believe me, both the man and these billboards have caused plenty of uproar in Turkey as well. So please do not generalize. Thank you.
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