Erdogan calls Netanyahu "terrorist" as insults fly after Gaza deaths
Erdogan calls Netanyahu "terrorist" as insults fly after Gaza deaths
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu a "terrorist" on Sunday, escalating an exchange of insults that started after he criticised Israel's lethal military response to a demonstration on the Gazan border.
Israel has defended the killing of 15 Palestinians during Friday's demonstration and Netanyahu tweeted that the Israeli army "will not be lectured by those who have indiscriminately bombed civilian populations for years", referring to Turkey.
Erdogan told supporters on Sunday: "We don't have the shame of invading on us, Netanyahu. You are an invader and right now are present in those lands as an invader. At the same time, you are a terrorist."
In another speech he said: "You are a terrorist state. It is known what you have done in Gaza and what you have done in Jerusalem. You have no one that likes you in the world."
In a later tweet, Netanyahu said: "Erdogan is not accustomed to being answered back to, but he should start getting used to it. He who occupies northern Cyprus, encroaches on Kurdish territory and massacres civilians in Afrin cannot preach to us on values and morals."
Israel's defence minister has rejected calls for an inquiry into Friday's events.
Hamas, the dominant Palestinian group in Gaza, said five of the dead were members of its armed wing. Israel said eight of the 15 belonged to Hamas, designated a terrorist group by Israel and the West, and two others came from other militant factions. (Reporting by Ali Kucukgocmen and Ori Lewis in Jerusalem Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
As Palestinian deaths in Gaza mount Israel comes under increased international scrutiny...
Yeah, yeah...what else is new? As is well known, Israel never starts these hostilities, but only responds to Hamas' provocations.
Cowardly Hamas thugs and rocket lobbers routinely hide and cower amongst the civilians...women, children, and the old people....in schools, hospitals, etc. This has been going on for decades. As for Erdogan, he's been killing the Kurds for years, by falsely accusing them of terrorism.
Out side the anti-Palestinian bubble holding sway on NT? A lot. Talking points will not work this time...
Non violent protest and demonstration is not in the Palestinian playbook. They also have no claim to any land or territory in the nation of Israel. Losing wars have consequences.
And Israel has no claim to Gaza or the West Bank. If they want to absorb them then they have to give full, voting citizenship rights to every Palestinian there. Either that or a two state solution. No apartheid of the Palestinians! Winning wars have consequences too.
Edrogan and the Turks should keep their mouths shut. What they have done to the Armenians and now the Kurds is genocide..
Edrogan, who has set himself up to be the dictator of Turkey, who has always been a member of the various incarnations of the Islamic Party in Turkey is complianing about the actions of another country's policies. When his own country is being regressed back to more primitive times. He needs to shut up and try to take care of his nation.
And now we are considering pulling our troops out of the area, something that I would normally agree with, except we are leaving the Kurds to the mercy of the Turks when the Kurds have been much more loyal allies of ours then that dictator Erogan will ever be. Given a choice between a Turkey led by him and a new independent Kurdistan with our troops to help guard it, I'll vote for the latter every time. We can not promise our help to the Kurds and then just desert them again! I know Turkey is a NATO ally, but with the new "leadership" that can be changed and might be necessary, in spite of Trump jumping through circles to congratulate him when he seized power!
I agree with you, Randy. The Kurds have been promised, since the end of WWI, a homeland-which thye have never received and they continue to act as stalwart allies in the face of ISIS/ISIL and Iraq. The Turks have even used the Iraq Operation air cover to fly bombing missions into Kurdish held territory over the last few decades. One should never trust Erdogan. He's a tinpot dictator.
Of course there should be an investigation and because of the U.S. and the Israeli delegations preventing any fair investigation if anything all comes from it it will be nothing more then a "Strongly worded letter"! Much to the shame of both delegations.
I am not so sure who has more of a right to use that word on the other. Probably pretty much of a tie.
Quoting from Ha'aretz? LOL And I get criticized for posting from Gatestone Institute.
Of course the Israelis won't permit an inquiry from the Israel-bashing Arab-controlled United Nations - how can anyone with a brain in their head think there could be an unbiased result from that?
And Erdogan? When he will admit to the Armenian genocide, he will have become a man.
I have not editorialized here, Buzz. The story I seeded is from MSM and was on all the wires. There is very little coverage of what is going on in Gaza here on NT other than heavily biased anti-Palestinian editorials. My contribution has been to shine a light on what is going on right now in Gaza. Do you have a problem with that?
Here is a late update from today.
HA! Erdogan? May as well quote Assad while they're at it .... hell for that matter, make Assad part of NATO!
I guess the world expects Israel to open the doors and allow themselves to be pushed into the sea as Hamas promised it will do. The world appears to have its spokesmen here on NT as well.
So go ahead Americans, put your money where your mouth is, walk the walk, open the gates of America to Hamas, Hezbollah, and all other terrorists - you who are critical of Israel in this situation fucking well deserve it.