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Safron · Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Location: portland, or

Can someone please explain to me how this is different from Turkey sending aid to Israel?
http://tert.am/en/news/2010/06/07/response/

TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

Leon · Joined: 31 May 2010

The Israelis probably won't be shot or boarded by the Turkish military, which seems like a major difference to me.

.38 Special · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania

Summer Wine · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Location: Next to a River

You might want to change your title.

After reading the article, I understood that Israeli citizens wished to send a return package.

Considering that Hamas has said it wont accept the aid that Turkey sent it, maybe they are just returning it.

Though if Israeli citizens relate as being Israel, then I guess Hamas relates as being Palestinian.

Therefore using that standard, should I be anti arab because of Hamas? Or only anti sunni?

.38 Special · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Location: Pennsylvania

Big_Bird · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:29 pm Post subject:

Big_Bird · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:32 pm Post subject:

Incidently, I hope they are taking aid to the Kurdish population. Turks who (rightly) condemn Israel's treatment of Gazans should also have a good look closer to home. Their treatment of Kurds is appalling, and the main reason I have always opposed their entry into the EU.

Safron · Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Location: portland, or

Big_Bird- You've hit on the main reason for my starting this topic. The Turks fueling the fire of anger against the Israeli's for this mistreatment of the Palestinians, seems a bit like the "pot calling the kettle black" given the history of how they've treated groups within their own country over recent and more distant history. If you know any Armenians or Kurds ask them what they think of the Turks and the genocide committed against their people in recent history. The difference between them and the Palestinians is that the Turks strategy was genocide, not collective punishment.

I think it's funny how ME governments and ME politicians are always pointing the finger and drawing attention to Israel and Palestine so as to avoid the finger being pointed in their own country. This is the nature of human politics, and even our "Modern Western Democracies" are not immune to this strategy.

Leon · Joined: 31 May 2010

NovaKart · Joined: 18 Nov 2009 Location: Iraq

This is the best thing that ever happened to Erdogan. He looks like a hero for condemning Israel both before at Davos and now. Now he's got the country outraged with him. An already hyper nationalist country with a target is sure to deflect criticism from him.

As for the Kurds, people can't necessarily help what their country does, which is why, for example, it's unfair to call an American hypocritical if he/she criticizes another country's human rights. That said, how many Turks are critical of the way Turkey treats the Kurds? I know one Turk who went to prison over supporting Kurds but I know more who openly say they dislike Kurds. This is why you have campaigns on facebook against having facebook in Kurdish or death threats against someone who sings a Kurdish song on TV.