Few outside Israel itself — and outside the shrinking ranks of its diehard supporters in the United States and Europe — would today be prepared to defend its arrogant militarists, its fanatical land-grabbing settlers, its racist politicians.
Turkey’s sudden cancellation this week of a major air force exercise with Israel was a salutary wake-up call. Evidently, Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan found it necessary to cancel the drill because of the widespread hostility to Israel among Turkey’s population. He has had to take Turkish public opinion into account. Foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu spelled out the reasons in diplomatic terms: “We hope that the situation in Gaza will improve...and that will create a new atmosphere in Turkish-Israeli relations...”
To offend the Turks is no small matter. Israel cannot afford to ignore the warning or sweep it under the carpet. Turkey has for many years been Israel’s main regional strategic partner — indeed its only one since the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979. Losing Turkey could turn out to be the worst setback Israel has suffered for a very long time.
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Well, what can I say!
by Shah Ghollam on Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:39 AM PDTYou just confirmed what I said in my initial comment! What more can I ask for? your written contract with Tel Aviv? Gee, you don't even tell us what your proud religion is. Can you show up again and boldly tell us or you chicken out as usual?
IRIs image has gone forever!
by Farhad Kashani on Sun Oct 18, 2009 09:13 PM PDTShah Gholam,
You called for me, and I'm here for you!
Let me tell you, no one's image has gone down the tiolette forever since the people's uprising like your beloved Fascist IRI's image, despite you and Ostaad and capt ayhab and Bavafa's desperate yet failed tireless efforts to repair its image!
You lost buddy! We won!
No worries
by Shah Ghollam on Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:35 AM PDTwe have Mr. kashani, iranfirst, fred, Annonymous111 and others hard at work to lift Israel's image on the Iranian.com not to mention the constant Zionist paid advertisements such as :
Gaza. Hamas. Conflicts facts CLICK HERE !
There are plenty paid Israeli mules here who hopelessly try to change the Israel's badly tarnished image.