[Blaxastij]

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomac...-gaza-1.382305


he Turkish navy will significantly strengthen its presence in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as one of the steps the Turkish government has decided to take following the release of the UN Palmer report on the 2010 Gaza flotilla, Turkish officials told the Hurriyet Daily News.

"The eastern Mediterranean will no longer be a place where Israeli naval forces can freely exercise their bullying practices against civilian vessels," a Turkish official was quoted as saying.

As part of the plan, the Turkish navy will increase its patrols in the eastern Mediterranean and pursue "a more aggressive strategy".

According to the report, Turkish naval vessels will accompany civilian ships carrying aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Another goal of the plan is to ensure free navigation in the region between Cyprus and Israel. The region includes areas where Israel and Cyprus cooperate in drilling for oil and gas.

Additionally, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan instructed his foreign ministry to organize a trip for him to the Gaza Strip in the near future.

"We are looking for the best timing for the visit,” a Turkish official was quoted as saying. “Our primary purpose is to draw the world’s attention to what is going on in Gaza and to push the international community to end the unfair embargo imposed by Israel.”

[Ceriopal]

I can't see this ending well! When is this planned?

[Smeaphvalialm]

I can't see this ending well! When is this planned?

Turkey says it will challenge Gaza blockade

By SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press – 29 minutes ago

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is preparing to challenge Israel's blockade on Gaza at the International Court of Justice, the foreign minister said Saturday, racheting up tensions between the once close allies.
Ahmet Davutoglu's comments came a day after Turkey expelled the Israel's ambassador and severed military ties with the country angered over its refusal to apologize for last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine pro-Palestinian activists.

In an interview with Turkey's state-run TRT television, Davutoglu dismissed a U.N. report into the raid that said Israel's naval blockade of Gaza was a legal security measure. Davutoglu said the report — prepared by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, and former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, and presented to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon — was not endorsed by the United Nations and was therefore not binding.
"What is binding is the International Court of Justice," Davutoglu said. "This is what we are saying: let the International Court of Justice decide."

"We are starting the necessary legal procedures this coming week," he said.
The minister said the U.N. report released Friday contradicted an earlier report on the Gaza flotilla incident which found that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided the flotilla. That report was prepared in September by three human rights experts appointed by the U.N.'s top human rights body.
Davutoglu also warned Israel that it risks alienation among Arab nations by resisting an apology.
"If Israel persists with its current position, the Arab spring will give rise to a strong Israel opposition as well as the debate on the authoritarian regimes," he said.

On Friday, Turkey downgraded diplomatic ties to the level of second secretary and gave the ambassador and other high-level diplomats until Wednesday to leave the country. In other measures against Israel, Turkey suspended military agreements, promised to back legal actions against Israel by the raid victims' families and vowed to take steps to ensure freedom to navigate in the eastern Mediterranean.
Turkish officials refused to elaborate on the last move, but some analysts suggested Turkey could send navy vessels to escort aid ships in the future while Turkey's main opposition party on Friday warned such a step could lead to confrontation between Turkish and Israeli forces.

"The probability that (Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling) party has carried Turkey to the brink of a hot conflict is saddening and unacceptable," said Faruk Logoglu, a deputy chairman of the opposition Republican People's Party.

Earlier on Saturday, Ban urged Turkey and Israel to mend ties for the good of the Middle East peace process.
"I sincerely hope that Israel and Turkey will improve their relationship," Ban told reporters during a visit to Australia.
"Both countries are very important countries in the region and their improved relationship — normal relationship — will be very important in addressing all the situations in the Middle East, including the Middle East peace process," he said, referring to a negotiated Palestinian-Israeli peace pact.
In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman said the U.N. committee's report concluded that Israel had acted within its rights and said he hoped it would help "put the relationship between Jerusalem and Ankara back on the right track."

"The U.N. commission clearly states that Israel acted legally in imposing the naval blockade to protect our people from the smuggling of rockets and weapons that are fired at our civilians," the spokesman, Mark Regev, said.
The U.N. report released Friday called the May 31, 2010 Israeli raid "excessive and unreasonable." The U.N. panel also blamed Turkey and flotilla organizers for contributing to the deaths.
Israel insists its forces acted in self-defense and says there will be no apology. Israeli officials pointed out that the report does not demand an apology. Rather, it says "an appropriate statement of regret should be made by Israel in respect of the incident in light of its consequences."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...c4f2ba7c931a28

[economex]

Gee, if it wasn't for the the Turks stepping outside of Zion, who would?

Then again if one of their ships get sunk, it could be just the token to enrage the rest of Islam into striking out.

This of course being the ultimate goal of Israel.

[Ceriopal]

In terms of number of soldiers Turkey is the second biggest Nato force (not in terms of firepower though). I think the nations that make up Nato has signed a treaty that says, that if one of them is attacked all of them is obliged to respond. But I have a hard time seeing that USA would even raise their voice against Israel if they attacked Turkish warships protecting the Flotilla. Nato may even be divided over this, maybe Israel would like that?

In May this year I went on a short holiday to North Cyprus, which is the Turkish controlled side. I was surprised how relaxed the Turk Cypriots were. Hardly no women wore headscarves, like many do in Turkey, alcohol was freely available everywhere at low prices. They were much more like the Greek cypriots than the average Turk in my opinion, which make me think about the underlying conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots... Maybe since both Greece and Turkey were Nato members the conflict was caused and underblown by powers interested in the break up of NATO? At that time Soviet Union was certainly a possibility, but maybe Israel as well?

[TeveVikep]

The Israelis attacked the USS Liberty and murdered US sailors. What makes anyone think they wouldn't attack a few Turks?

[levitratestimon]

Dear Turkey,

Please Kick Israel's Ass.

[Nundduedola]

when i saw this thread, it said 6 replies, 66 views

let's hope that means bad news for israel

IDF won't be going up against unarmed activists here

i just hope israel doesn't suck in the US navy into this " dispute "

[occurrini]

Oh boy this could be fun!!!
Where's the popcorn...
This could be very bad for izzy. Oh that's 2 bad.

[Tibaveriafark]

Izzy owns the US, so what you think is bad for Izzie is bad for us in the states or any westernized cuntry.

[casinoboneerer]

wake me when the usIsraelis bombs there ships

[levitratestimon]

Oh boy this could be fun!!!
Where's the popcorn...
This could be very bad for izzy. Oh that's 2 bad.

i think Israel coordinated some of the "Arab Spring" protests.

but i can't see how they would have persuaded Turkey to send a military escort for a Turkish aid ship - other than Israel being their normal Asshole selves.


if Turkey is serious, this seems like it's destined to result in military confrontation.

but in years past, Turkey has been very useful to both Israel & the US. seems logical that the US will be drawn into brokering a "peace deal" between their 2 allies, though we know who the US sides with the most.


OK, i'm going to go listen to War of the Worlds now. how's that for a segue ?

[cymnPrayerm]

What took Turkey so long to respond in a more serious way to Izzy's act of state piracy & murder on the high seas WRT the Mavi Marmara raid?

By this account, Erdogan was purging the Turkish military of all the zio-moles & sell-outs, so that he could make his threats against Izzy more credible!

Mid East Drums for War are Beating: Threats Fly, Flanks are Probed, and Trip Wires Galore. One False Move and Boom !!! …by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor


Kevin Barrett interviews Jim Dean about his article discussing,

Monday, September 26, 2011

Jim Dean of Veterans Today: Erdogan was waiting to clean Zionists out of Turkish military before breaking with Israel








Tuesday, Sept. 27th, 11 a.m. to noon Central (9-10 Pacific) on NoLiesRadio.org (archived HERE a few hours after broadcast).

Last week Imran Kurter discussed Turkey's recent turn against Israel. Today we'll get another angle on this historic shift from Jim Dean, Managing Editor of Veterans Today. Jim writes:

A light went on when I just couldn't figure why Erdogan was soft shoeing the Israelis after the Marmara as a lack of action would seem to me to have weakened his base. But I had missed all the high officer arrests that had been going on, starting with the major round up in Feb 24th, 2010. Erdogan was still cleaning out the Israeli wing in the military which he could expect to definitely make a move on him with a major break with Israel. He arrested their armed forces Intel chief around Sept. 1st...and he really put things into gear after that. Missing in my research on the military arrests, were the military 'suicides' that were also going on. Here is the Turkey part of...which got dragged out do for three days as it was a moving target. http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/09...are-beating-2/

We'll also discuss the ongoing drama over UN recognition of Palestine...
Posted by Kevin Barrett at 8:29 PM 1 comments

Labels: erdogan, imran kurter, jim dean, palestine, Turkey, Veterans Today, zionism To listen to the interview archived HERE, first kill (pause) the live stream player which auto-plays when you open the page (near top right), then play the archive player below the article title.