Posted on 01/12/2010 12:41:09 PM PST by jhpigott
Turkish envoy: I may leave
Sharon Roffe-Ofir Published: 01.12.10 Israel News
Following diplomatic incident, Ambassador Celikkol tells MK El-Sana he is scheduled to return to Ankara for consultations, may not come back to Israel. Arab lawmaker: Deputy FM Ayalon's conduct 'disgraceful'
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here is a link to the same story on INN -
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/AllFlashes.aspx
Jews need to start standing with Christians not genocide denying genocidal maniac Muslim Turks.
Got a link to a story and not just a flash?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2426775/posts
Turkish ambassador tells MK El-Sana he may leave Israel 01.12.10, 18:56 / Israel News
Turkey’s ambassador to Israel, Ahmet Oguz Celikkol, told MK Talab El-Sana (United Arab List-Ta’al) he is scheduled to return to Turkey for consultation regarding the most recent diplomatic incidents, and that he may not return.
El-Sana spoke to the ambassador on the phone following the latter’s meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, who summoned Celikkol to be reprimanded and was seen by many to have humiliated him in the process. (Sharon Roffe-Ofir)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3833522,00.html
Could be a sham. Turkey can provide Israeli aircraft an air corridor into Iran. Not saying this is gonna happen; just a possibility.
Yes it is, and despite the cheerleading by certain posters on FR....this is NOT a good thing.
This is particularly disturbing news. Turkey has been a “moderate” voice among the Arabs/Muslims and has often times played mediator between Israel and the Arab world, most recently in back room peace negotiation between Israel and Syria.
However, the new Turkish PM and much of the political structure within Turkey the past few years has seen a shift from the secular to more Islamic rule. One of the only things holding Turkey back from becoming a full blown Islamic state is the military.
With its years of service acting as the southern flank for NATO, the Turkish military heirarchy remains primarily secular in nature.
Conventionally speaking, the combined military forces of the Arab nations (and you could even throw Iran in the mix) do not pose much of a threat to Israel. But if Turkey ever jumped sides, Israel would have its hands very full.
Hope this is just a diplomatic bump on the road and not a precursor to a severing of relations between Israel and Turkey.
+1
Turkey and Israel severing diplomatic relations would change the entire balance of powers in the Middle East, delicate as that balance already is . . . definetly not good
Your’re correct, this is not a good thing at all. Having mossad agents portrayed stealing children by Turkish TV is wrong but you don’t make it personal like the ambassador did, you go public and denounce it. Doing what Israel did was a direct insult to the Turkish representative, never a good thing over a point as small as what caused all this.
The Turkish TV show was only a small part of what caused this. The Turkish PM, Erdogan was in Lebanon this weekend and said some not so nice things about Israel in a press conference with the Lebanese PM.
Turkey had been heading down this road the past couple years. I like what Bibi had to say today - “Turkey is consistently gravitating eastward to Syria and Iran rather than westward [over the last two years],” Netanyahu told aides. “This is a trend that certainly has to worry Israel.” http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1142115.html
Calling the Turkish ambassador to the mat and the insulting gesture may have been a little over the top by Israel, but Erdogan’s speech was unprovoked
That was my first thought.
That was my first thought.
Who knows what Bibi might offer the Turks? Carving up Syria perhaps?
No airplanes this time.
Ballistic nuclear submarines.
“Calling the Turkish ambassador to the mat and the insulting gesture may have been a little over the top by Israel”
wow. This thread sounds like a bunch of pc dhimmis not wanting to offend the Muslims. How bout some perspective. Israel used a small chair - a symbolic gesture affecting the much vaunted little seen Muslim honor. Erdogan and Turkish TV haven’t stopped accusing Israel (and the US) of atrocities publicly and plainly.
This didn’t start it. Turkish Islamism is the problem and best be looked at in the face.
screaming fist - I am a “certain poster.” but best not to name me the way you think it best Israel should not call Turkey out.
I really don’t know what to think of this,,,
It could be smoke-n-mirrors to leave Turkey an “out”,,,
The troop movements from the West Bank should be complete
in another week or less,,,
Sure looks like a strike across the northern border is
in the cards...
Don’t flatter yourself, you’re one of many that believe pissing off the Turks, our NATO allies, is a great idea. Take that dhimmis BS and preach it to the rest of your fellow conservatives in NY....snort.
Turkey is a NATO ally the way Nidal Hasan was an American soldier.
snorting here too
here in NY we have a lot of Muslims. Have many in Oklahoma for you to bend over for?
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