When will the Obama administration stand up and defend Israel against these outrageous claims by Turkey? I think the death toll from the many air strikes is only around 100 and most of them are terrorists. How in the world is that ethnic cleansing? It’s a stupid claim on its face and it deserves a rebuke from Obama.

But I won’t hold my breath, especially considering his ‘leading from behind’ diplomacy.

AL-ARABIA – AFP reported Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday condemning Israel of “ethnic cleansing” towards Palestinians.

“Israel is committing ethnic cleansing by ignoring peace in this region and violating international law,” Erdogan said. “It is occupying the Palestinian territory step by step.”

Erdogan said Israeli air raids against Gaza could not be deemed self-defense, accusing Western countries of aiding what it called a “terrorist state” by condoning its violence in the Middle East.

“Sooner or later, Israel will answer for the innocent blood it has shed so far,” he said.

Erdogan said the United Nations “turned a blind eye” on Israeli attacks against Palestinians, accusing the international body of double standards against Muslims.

Iran echoed its voice with Erdogan on Tuesday stressing the importance to provide Palestinians with arms to defend themselves.

“Neither Iran nor Hamas seek conflict or war, or aim to endanger the lives of innocent people,” foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said in his weekly briefing.

The guilty party is “the criminal Zionist (Israeli) regime, which should be tried for war crimes,” he said.




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TJinNJ
TJinNJ

Israel is being setup...Fascist UN ad Obama Regime will implement "Responsiblity to Protect" (Soros Doctrine) act like they did in Egypt and Libya...

The joint U.S. and international air strikes targeting Libya are widely regarded as a test of Responsibility to Protect (George Soros) – a set of principles, now backed by the United Nations, based on the idea that sovereignty is not a privilege but a responsibility that can be revoked if a country is accused of "war crimes," "genocide," "crimes against humanity" or "ethnic cleansing."

The term “war crimes” has at times been indiscriminately used by various U.N.-backed international bodies, including the International Criminal Court, or ICC, which applied it to Israeli anti-terror operations in the Gaza Strip. There has been fear the ICC could be used to prosecute U.S. troops.

Now WND has learned that Thakur, one of the principal authors of and original commissioners of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine,” argued recently for a global realignment.

In a piece last March in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, “Toward a new world order,” Thakur wrote, “Westerners must change lifestyles and support international redistribution.”

The gathering of economic giants will take place at Mount Washington Hotel, famous for hosting the original Bretton Woods economic agreements drafted in 1944. That conference’s goal was to rebuild a post-World War II international monetary system. The April gathering has a similar goal in mind – a global economic restructuring.

Reporting on last year’s event, the Business Insider related, “George Soros has brought together a crack team of the world’s top economists and financial thinkers.”

“Its aim,” continued the business newspaper, “to remake the world’s economy as they see fit.”

Thakur, meanwhile, serves on the advisory board of the Global Centre for Responsibility to Protect, the world’s leading champion of the military doctrine.

http://www.wnd.com/2011/03/280653/

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

Turkey isn't our ally. It foolish to think they are.

Chris Dias
Chris Dias

Never, hell will freeze over before he stands for Israel. He hates us all, loves the Russians.

aposematic
aposematic

Like a plague, Islam spreads its hate.

Gtrjag
Gtrjag

I remember Rick Perry talking about Turkey becoming more Islamist and anti-west in the primary and he was laghed at by the MSM. People need to wake up.

Larchmonter
Larchmonter

Erodgan refuses to allow the Armenian genocide to be recognized and he is talking about ethnic cleansing? Sort of stupid for Turks to bring up the topic. Blood up the arms of Turkish history, and that's not even looking at their problem with the Kurds.

sjmom
sjmom

So, this is Obama's best friend in the world?????? Is it no wonder so many of us see Obama as a Muslim, an Islamist sympathizer?

All I can say is the Prime Minister is a turkey!

Yazz55
Yazz55

With friends / allies like this, who needs enemies?

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

Seems like Erdogan and his fellow radical islamists in Turkey are doubling down on yesterday's comment that Israel is a "terrorist state." I think it's time we re-evaluate Turkey's membership in NATO. They don't seem to be much friends of the USA (always remember they refused to let us send troops into Iraq through American bases in Turkey) and it looks like they are anti-western when it comes to just about everything. The coming war between east and west started on 9/11/01 with the attack on the World Trade Center. It really hasn't stopped since then, either verbally, diplomatically, or when it comes to actual warfare, as in Afghanistan or Iraq. So the big one, the final war, is still to come. When will that war be? As soon as Iran gets its nuclear weapons. Once that happens and you have the ultimate nuclear confrontation between Iran and Israel, I wonder which side Turkey will be on? Given what we've seen lately coming out of Turkey, I'll give you three guesses, and the first two don't count.

Patriot077
Patriot077

I have been worried about that ever since Erdogan took over. The Turkish government is absolutely not aligned with the West any longer and they have all the intelligence. Suicidal.

Haywoodjbl
Haywoodjbl

Anyone who's country is named "Turkey" cannot be taken seriously....most of it will be gone come Thursday night....LOL...only the giblets will be left unless they get used for gravy

colliemum
colliemum

Looks like the MSM don't have the cojones to ask Mr Erdogan about the ethnic cleansing he's been doing in his own country: his treatment of the Kurds.

And let's not even go to what his country did to the Armenians! Did you know that mentioning that genocide in Turkey will get you into prison?

He's got a cheek to call out the Israelis!

Philo Beddoe
Philo Beddoe

You can put a muslim country in NATO but you can't take islime out of a muslim country

colliemum
colliemum

In all fairness it has to be said that when Turkey became a member of NATO, the generals and politicians at that time kept the secularism alive, introduced by Kemal Ataturk. Turkey was not a democratic state, it was often a dictatorship, but it was most certainly not an islamic state.

All that changed when Erdogan came to power, and like any leftie, he put opposition politicians in prison, 'cleansed' the military from top to bottom, imprisoning or just getting rid of generals and the whole structure who still clung to Ataturk's ideals.

Patriot077
Patriot077

What arrogance for the weasels we have in our state department, who believe they know better than the strong men who ruled these ME countries with an iron fist, in order to keep the islamist factions weakened. They have unleashed a terrible beast.

Conniption Fitz
Conniption Fitz

That's a pot/kettle comment if there ever was one. Islam is the expert ethnic cleanser - aka destroyer of good civilizations and tribes that stand against and resist Islam's plague of evil.

colliemum
colliemum

Yes - they've got the experience, they've got the track record, of 1400 years.

And we're told to respect them ...

SilentTexan
SilentTexan

and I accuse YOU of getting behind a terrorist organization!

Israel, GO CLEAN THESE INFIDELS OUT!! ALL OF THEM!!

Rshill7
Rshill7

So, whatever happened to Christendom? It's been cleansed already. It no longer exists. Islam and Progressivism has wiped it off every map.

stevenbiot
stevenbiot

Nowadays its polite to sympathize with pedophile worshiping head choppers and pro-abortion lovers. It makes you wonder if morals exist.

Marridge
Marridge

It is the new normal, doncha know.

stevenbiot
stevenbiot

If Israel banned the media from reporting on their mission, I wouldn't be upset. I'd be fulfilled if after Israel cleansed the region of terrorists, they issued a statement that read, " we tried to reduce collateral damage as much as possible, but this is war." That would be enough for me to believe they were humane.

LeonidasOfSparta
LeonidasOfSparta

That's quite an accusation considering Turkey's unmitigated and inexcusable behavior in Cyprus

colliemum
colliemum

Thanks for the reminder - had forgotten about Cyprus ... my bad

3D 81
3D 81

All of a sudden the whole muslim middle east has grown a voice and a bigger chest and a nasty voice at that.

Ive never heard so much chatter.

Bush, clinton and Bush kept them quiet. Along comes Obamas and they start talking whilst america shuts up...

Constance
Constance

And, most of this circling around Israel started just after November 6th. Funny, that.

3D 81
3D 81

NASA has failed miserably with their core objective....

Rshill7
Rshill7

But Iran's repeated desire to wipe Israel off the map is NOT ethnic cleansing. A "religion" that advocates killing all Jews is NOT ethnic cleansing? "Death to Israel" and "Death to America"? What is that if not ethnic cleansing?

He is right about one thing though. If all of Islam died, 'twould be cleansing indeed. As it is, a world having to co-exist with Islam, is a sh*thole.

Dear Mr. Turkey PM:

Go to Hell.

Sincerely,

Civilization

mikeinidaho
mikeinidaho

The answer to the first question posed in the article? NEVER! Obama hates Israel and fully supports the Hamas terrorists. Always has, always will. As for Turkey, they always have been the toilet of the Med.

denbren52
denbren52

As Mark Levin so clearly pointed out last night, Nazism is still alive in the Islamo-Nazi world. Erdogan is no Hitler but he is a mouthpiece for today's Nazis.

Patriot077
Patriot077

Matt Peterson, this is today's story. Get it on the AP and debunk it for all the world, please.

Constance
Constance

Has anyone heard from our friend SaraHolyLand lately? I worry for her (I am assuming her not him).

Patriot077
Patriot077

I have not seen any posts from her and have also been concerned.

colliemum
colliemum

I've not seen any post from her either - the last was Friday before the Shabbat.

Patriot077
Patriot077

Thank you, cm. Praying she is okay. I just can't fathom what it would be like to live with the constant threat of annihilation. It is just heartbreaking to contemplate.

G-d be with you SarahHolyLand if you are reading this.

BlueGood
BlueGood

Taking out Terrorists & Whacko Radical Islamists is NOT Ethnic Cleansing you TURKEY!

It's called SELF DEFENSE!

Your resurrection of the Ottoman Empire is a NON STARTER!....So Suck a SOCK

Tayyipi Ky yeah! (ala Bruce Willis)

tinker_thinker
tinker_thinker

The propaganda coming out of his mouth is like something on SNL.

las1
las1

“It is occupying the Palestinian territory step by step.”

Pulling out of Gaza and leaving Gaza to the Palestinians is "occupying step by step" ???

Of course it is... much like strapping bomb vests on children is loving them while ushering them into a seventy two virgin paradise.

Islam... oh Islam!

colliemum
colliemum

This is what the lefties and Hamas apologists of the world - not just in our countries - simply do not understand: for Hamas and Fatah, for Erdogan, Morsi, the muslim brotherhood, Ahmadinejad, and all the rest the whole of Israel is 'occupied' territory, not just Gaza and the West Bank.

So when they talk about taking back the 'occupied territories', they mean taking back all of Israel, and actually kill all Jews.

It's in the Hamas charter, it's in the Fatah charter - but our lefties are too idiotic to even look.

las1
las1

It's not only in the Hamas charter. It's also in the Bible.

“Let us go and erase them as a nation

so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore.”

indeed, they shrewdly planned together,

forming an alliance against you—" Psalm 83:4-5

Muslims... ever the clueless dolts, unaware that the real God of Abraham is watching.

las1
las1

So true... we don't have to speculate... we can predict as you have just done there colliemum.

colliemum
colliemum

Sadly, I don't even have to speculate.

That young person would be yelling "f&^* you, G*D" - and would feel very clever, sharp and 'with-it' while doing so.

las1
las1

Hmmmm... I wonder what that young woman/boy yelling "f*&k you Jew", on the other post here at RS, would have to say about this scripture. Can we speculate?

colliemum
colliemum

Just so!

And Genesis 12, 3 has totally escaped their notice.

Marridge
Marridge

Never. Barack and Tayyip are best buds. Barack and Bibi, not so much.

maynardb50
maynardb50

The first international leader Obama called after Obama won the 2008 election was Erdogan.

Winston Smith
Winston Smith

What? He has forgotten his country's slaughter of Armenians in early 20th century? What about his country's slaughter of Kurdish people and jailing dissidents? Turkey is a shithole.... Believe me. I have been to turkey many times.

colliemum
colliemum

Aww, Winston - I typed my post before reading yours! It's a nice case of GMTA!

Constance
Constance

You know what is so sad, is to mention the Armenian genocide, and most people have a blank look in their eyes. They don't even know what it was. Same goes for Darfur, Rwanda genocides, or any of the other past and present atrocities. Just a big blank stare. Turkey is a nasty place, you are correct. I'd rather spend a week at the city dump.