TURKEY VOWS REACTION TO ISRAEL THREAT
26. Nov, 2010
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara is prepared to react to any potential Israeli offensive against Lebanon.
Erdogan described Israel as full of “uncertainties” and said, “It is not definite what it will do.” He further warned of the prospects of such hostilities, Turkey’s state Anatolia news agency (AA) reported on Thursday.
“Does (Israel) think it can enter Lebanon with the most modern aircraft and tanks to kill women and children, and destroy schools and hospitals, and then expect us to remain silent?” AFP quoted him as saying in the Lebanese capital of Beirut.
The Turkish leader is currently on a two-day visit to the country aimed at strengthening the bilateral ties and voicing support for Beirut in the face of a volatile international situation.
“We will not be silent and we will support justice by all means available to us.”
Ankara has opposed the last round of Tel Aviv’s offensives on southern Lebanon, which killed around 1,200 Lebanese, most of them civilians in 2006.
“In the event of war, the citizens of Israel will also be losers,” the Turkish leader warned.
The Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah, which defeated Israel in the 33-day hostilities and headed off Tel Aviv’s offensives on the country in 2000, has vowed to respond with determination to any future Israel-launched warfare.
The resistance movement has publicly announced that it has the capability to hit targets deep inside Israel and to strike Israeli Navy vessels even before they reach the Lebanese waters.
The Middle East is passing through a sensitive period, Erdogan said, and called for “unity and integrity” among regional countries.
He insisted that Israel “must realize that if there is peace and security in the region, it will also benefit.”
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Turkey the future regional(and beyond) superpower,
Mister Erdogan you are a hero,a real hero with your strong statement, world need more people like you , Palestine will be free from Zionist oppressors,
Palestine will rise, and the peace will be in the region.
long life to Turkey.
Thank you for this news
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I find it comical that Israel’s last friend (Turkey) in the region has left it’s side. Israel has managed in 60yrs+ to piss off all its neighbors. They worked very hard at it.
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GOD BLESS THE BRAVE PEOPLE OF TURKEY. AND DOUBLE GOD BLESS THEIR POLITICAL LEADERS WHO COULD TEACH OUR AMERICAN LEADERS HOW TO GROW A SET OF BALLS. MR ERDOGAN MAY YOU LIVE TO BE A HUNDRED .I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW REFRESHING IT IS FOR SOMEONE TO TELL ISRAEL TO GO POUND SALT UP THERE ASSES. VIVA TURKEY & PALESTINE.
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I don’t know about the salt part.But it is refreshing to see a leader who is
1.honest
2.have balls
Thanks again for this news .News once again that does not ge published in our “free prees”
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While it is somewhat refreshing that the prime minister of Turkey is critical of the criminal-robber state, he statement in Lebanon does not mean much. First of all, what is said in Lebanon gnerally stays in Lebanon. More importantly, it is all talk. Has he condemned Zionism and the ethnic cleansing of Palestine? Has he questioned the existence of the criminal-robber invaders? If he really meant what he said for his Lebanese audience, he could easily cut diplomatic relations with the Zionist pigs? Of course, he won’t do any of those things, and his “threats” against the Zionist aggressors are empty rhetoric. If he were sincere, he could make those statements in Europe, the US and the UN. Unfortunately, except for Iran and Hamas-ruled Gaza, there is not a single major government in the world that is consequential in its support of law, justice, fairness and common decency concerning Palestine and Palestinians. Erdogan and his empty rhetoric are nothing to celebrate.
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