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| Turkey pulls out of Munich conference to avoid Israeli delegation | |
| 2015-02-08 | |
[Ynet] Turkish foreign minister announces he will not attend security conference after Israeli officials are invited; Lieberman blasts PM's decision to apologize for flotilla incident.
Relations between Israel and Turkey remain strained since a major rupture in 2010, when Israeli soldiers killed nine Turks travelling in the Turkish-led flotilla headed for Gazoo. "I was going to attend the conference but we decided not to after they added Israeli officials to the Middle East session at the last minute," Cavusoglu told a news conference in Berlin, where he has been meeting Turkish ambassadors based in Europe. Withdrawing from the meeting was nothing to do with Turkey's relationship with Germany, he said in the remarks broadcast by Turkish state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? TRT. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said the announcement "proves once again how enormous a mistake it was to apologize to Turkey," referring to Netanyahu's decision in 2013 to express his regret to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... for the flotilla incident. "As long as the current leadership headed by Erdogan and his associates controls Turkey, there is no chance to rehabilitate relations between the two countries," added Lieberman. "Turkey under Erdogan is a state that is interested only in attacking and bashing Israel; and we must deal with it accordingly and stand up for Israeli interests." Minister Yuval Steinitz, who is to head the diplomatic mission representing Israel at the conference, also criticized Turkey's decision. "Israel would like to express its astonishment over this move by Turkey. Israel will participate in any important international conference, in spite of Turkey's disapproval," he said. "The Turkish boycott essentially means solidarity with radical Islam, and terrorist groups like the Moslem Brüderbund and Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, and more than harming Israel, it casts a long shadow over the future and character of Turkey." Despite being major trading partners, Israel and Turkey - former allies - frequently engage in bitter verbal exchanges. President Tayyip Erdogan, an outspoken advocate of the Paleostinian cause, last year likened the actions of Israel to those of Hitler, in comments that led Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accuse him of anti-Semitism. Last month Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in turn likened Netanyahu to the Islamist bully boyz who killed 17 people in Gay Paree, saying both had committed crimes against humanity. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Time for the Anglo+? Treaty. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-02-08 12:23 |
| #3 NATO is going to disintegrate, so it'd be a symbolic action. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-02-08 10:23 |
| #2 "The Turkish boycott essentially means solidarity with radical Islam Agreed! So where are the demands for their ouster from NATO ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-02-08 01:03 |
| #1 Cooties! |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-02-08 00:26 |