Erdogan also criticized Israel for an airstrike in Gaza on Sunday.
"What is your excuse this time?" he asked.
On Sunday, three Islamic Jihad members were killed in an IAF strike while they were preparing an attack at Israel. Earlier in the day, eight mortar shells were launched at the western Negev from Gaza.
"What is your excuse this time?" he asked.
On Sunday, three Islamic Jihad members were killed in an IAF strike while they were preparing an attack at Israel. Earlier in the day, eight mortar shells were launched at the western Negev from Gaza.
Als de PKK raketten op Turkse steden en dorpen zouden afvuren, dan was de reactie van het leger nog wel wat heftiger geweest. Turkije heeft honderden Koerdische dorpen met de grond gelijk gemaakt tegen de PKK in de jaren '80, en treedt nog steeds hard op indien daar aanleiding voor is. Laatst nog werd een Koerdische partij verboden omdat zij banden zou hebben met de PKK. Ook tegenover andere minderheden is Turkije bepaald niet zachtzinnig. Dat alles zou het tot enige terughoudendheid moeten nopen waar het kritiek op Israel betreft, een land dat veel kleiner is en meer vijanden aan zijn grenzen heeft staan. De eenzijdige en totaal kritiekloze houding van Turkije tegenover bewegingen die het in eigen land medogenloos zou bestrijden is zacht uitgedrukt nogal opportunistisch.
Naast deze officiële Turkse reprimande van Israel, laten ook de media zich niet onbetuigd. Na een eerdere show waarin Israelische soldaten werden neergezet als kindermoordenaars, ontvoeren nu Mossad agenten babies op TV.
Of het voor Israel verstandiger is diplomatiek te blijven of ook eens flink uit te halen is moelijk te zeggen, maar ik kan me de verleiding tot dat laatste wel voorstellen.
RP
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The Jerusalem Post
Jan 11, 2010 15:29 | Updated Jan 11, 2010 18:08
Erdogan: Israel threatening ME peace
By AP AND JPOST.COM STAFF
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Turkey's prime minister accused Israel on Monday of threatening peace in the Middle East and using disproportionate force against Palestinians.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Israel to stop violating Lebanon's airspace and territorial waters. He also called on the UN Security Council to put same pressure on Israel regarding nuclear arms as it does on Iran.
"We can never remain silent in the face of Israel's attitude. ... It has disproportionate power and it is using that at will while refusing to abide by UN resolutions. We can never accept this picture," Erdogan said. "These steps threaten global peace."
He spoke at a joint news conference in Ankara with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Hariri described Israel as an enemy that threatens Lebanon's security.
"Today, Israel continues its violation of our airspace and waters," Hariri said.
Erdogan promised to support Lebanon's case against Israel at the United Nations. Turkey is a temporary member of the Security Council.
Discussing the possibility of war to make Iran drop its nuclear program, Erdogan said, "The region cannot accept a new Iraq syndrome." Turkey has long defended Iran's right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful use.
"Those who are warning Iran over nuclear weapons are not making the same warnings to Israel," Erdogan said. "Five permanent members of the Security Council must be just. Israel has not denied the existence of its nuclear arsenal; on the contrary it has admitted it."
Erdogan also criticized Israel for an airstrike in Gaza on Sunday.
"What is your excuse this time?" he asked.
On Sunday, three Islamic Jihad members were killed in an IAF strike while they were preparing an attack at Israel. Earlier in the day, eight mortar shells were launched at the western Negev from Gaza.
Cross-border exchanges have escalated in recent days. The IDF said there have been 15 rocket attacks from Gaza this month, compared to eight in December.
Erdogan accused Israel of using of white phosphorus shells in its offensive in Gaza last year. "No one can claim that phosphorus shells are not weapons of mass destruction," he said.
Speaking to Israel Radio, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon called Erdogan's comments "damaging and one-sided," saying they certainly didn't aid Turkey's efforts to play a Middle East mediation role.
Jan 11, 2010 15:29 | Updated Jan 11, 2010 18:08
Erdogan: Israel threatening ME peace
By AP AND JPOST.COM STAFF
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147864732&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Turkey's prime minister accused Israel on Monday of threatening peace in the Middle East and using disproportionate force against Palestinians.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Israel to stop violating Lebanon's airspace and territorial waters. He also called on the UN Security Council to put same pressure on Israel regarding nuclear arms as it does on Iran.
"We can never remain silent in the face of Israel's attitude. ... It has disproportionate power and it is using that at will while refusing to abide by UN resolutions. We can never accept this picture," Erdogan said. "These steps threaten global peace."
He spoke at a joint news conference in Ankara with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Hariri described Israel as an enemy that threatens Lebanon's security.
"Today, Israel continues its violation of our airspace and waters," Hariri said.
Erdogan promised to support Lebanon's case against Israel at the United Nations. Turkey is a temporary member of the Security Council.
Discussing the possibility of war to make Iran drop its nuclear program, Erdogan said, "The region cannot accept a new Iraq syndrome." Turkey has long defended Iran's right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful use.
"Those who are warning Iran over nuclear weapons are not making the same warnings to Israel," Erdogan said. "Five permanent members of the Security Council must be just. Israel has not denied the existence of its nuclear arsenal; on the contrary it has admitted it."
Erdogan also criticized Israel for an airstrike in Gaza on Sunday.
"What is your excuse this time?" he asked.
On Sunday, three Islamic Jihad members were killed in an IAF strike while they were preparing an attack at Israel. Earlier in the day, eight mortar shells were launched at the western Negev from Gaza.
Cross-border exchanges have escalated in recent days. The IDF said there have been 15 rocket attacks from Gaza this month, compared to eight in December.
Erdogan accused Israel of using of white phosphorus shells in its offensive in Gaza last year. "No one can claim that phosphorus shells are not weapons of mass destruction," he said.
Speaking to Israel Radio, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon called Erdogan's comments "damaging and one-sided," saying they certainly didn't aid Turkey's efforts to play a Middle East mediation role.
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The Jerusalem Post
Jan 11, 2010 18:38 | Updated Jan 11, 2010 20:13
Ayalon summons Ankara's envoy over anti-Israeli show
By HERB KEINON
Jan 11, 2010 18:38 | Updated Jan 11, 2010 20:13
Ayalon summons Ankara's envoy over anti-Israeli show
By HERB KEINON
Deputy foreign Minister Danny Ayalon summoned Turkish ambassador to Israel Oguz Celikkol to the Knesset Monday to express outrage over a new Turkish television show that depicts Mossad agents as baby snatchers.
After the meeting, Ayalon said he had told Celikkol that "these things, against the background of the very, very anti-Israeli rhetoric by the most senior officials in Turkey, not only harm relations, but also endanger the Jewish community in Turkey, the Israeli diplomats there - to say nothing of the Israeli tourists who visit there."
According to Ayalon's office, the deputy foreign minister told Celikkol the show - titled Valley of the Wolves - was "intolerable."
Celikkol, according to Ayalon's office, condemned the show and said he would pass on Israel's protests to Ankara.
Furor over this show follows fast on the heels of another show aired in turkey in October, this one a vicious show depicting IDF soldiers as child killers. That show was toned down after the furor caused in Israel by the first episode.
Ayalon's meeting with Cleikkol took place at about the same time Monday that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed Israel during a press conference with visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri. As such, Erdogan's latest harangue did not come up in the discussion between Ayalon and Celikkol.
Officials told channel 2 news Monday night that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, in response to the broadcast of the controversial program, is seeking to torpedo Defense Minister Ehud Barak's upcoming trip to Turkey.
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