Israel Worried Turkey May Send Navy Ships With Next Flotilla
Turkish Navy
The issue that Turkey may send navy ships to accompany its next humanitarian aid to Gaza with the second flotilla is of "great concern" to Israel.
A senior Israeli official tells Jerusalem Post that "his is a definite possibility that we need to prepare for." How will Israel prepare for such an event is not elaborated. Hopefully things won't get to that level of escalation.
Yesterday, the Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Israel not to test Turkish patience. He said Israel can't legitimize what he did with the Gaza flotilla. "Turkey’s hostility is as strong as its friendship is valuable," Erdogan said.
Two more ships are expected to enter the Israeli waters in the next coming days. The concern is that Turkish military may change its position against Israel and send navy ships to accompany the humanitarian aid. While it is less likely as Turkey is a NATO member, Israeli officials have said they are concerned about this possibility and stressed need to prepare for it.
A top navy officer says that they are under orders to intercept other ships heading toward Gaza. Jpost reports that the new ship interceptions will use more force. “We boarded the ship [the Mavi Marmara] and were attacked as if it were a war,” one officer said. “That will mean that we will have to come prepared in the future as if it were a war.”
What did Israel find in Gaza flotilla
On the board of Mavy Marmara Israel has identified 50 passengers having ties to various terror organizations. This is what Israel says. The country also reports finding the following items on the Gaza flotilla, which it says can't be categorized as humanitarian aid.
* Cache of bulletproof vests
* Night-vision goggles
* Gas masks
Can't we just solve this diplomatically? On a related news Turkish tourism industry warned yesterday in Hurriyet that the country will lose Israeli tourists. Vacationers from Israel comprise a large portion of business in Turkey's travel and hospitality industry.
tapi sy dengar Turkey WILL send more flotilla ships escourted by the TURKISH NAVY
Obersliutenant Post at 2-6-2010 22:22
aku rasa pun in future elok pun kapal bantuan ni escorted by Navy ship, not only Turkish but navy ships from all the participating countries, kalau boleh Mesia pun patut antar satu frigate ke, bukan nak assault tapi sebagai deterrent aje
Minyak itu(samada minyak itam, rambut, sudan, urut, gris dan sewaktu dengannya) tidak bersifat berbutir-butir hingga boleh di tabur-taburkan di atas kapal. Kalo di sapu-sapu atau di tuang tu aku percaya laaa.....
Tapi idea ko itu memeng bener omp, kalo di sapu-sapukan minyak,
harus tertonggeng ke laut dengan bergaya komandu zionies sekoq tuh.
On a related news Turkish tourism industry warned yesterday in Hurriyetthat the country will lose Israeli tourists. Vacationers from Israelcomprise a large portion of business in Turkey's travel and hospitalityindustry.
Obersliutenant Post at 2-6-2010 22:25
Total yearly tourists arrival in Turkey close to 30 million, way above Malaysia, so I dont think losing israeli tourists will hurt turkiye that much. kalau nak tengok hubungan secara overall, sebenornyaYishrael needs Turkiye more than turkey's need for yishrael
Update: I might add that in the case of a war between Turkey and Israel, if Turkey is serious, unless Israel uses nukes, my money is on the Turks.
They have a huge armored corp, and the nations between Israel and Turkey aren't going to say no if Turkey asks for access (because if they do, Turkey will just roll right through them.) Also if Turkey and Israel goes to war, it is at least 50/50 the Egypt jumps in as well.
Update 3: See this analysis (h/t Pogge) for the legalities. Short of it is that if the act wasn't rogue, then this was an act of war, not an act of piracy.
tak terjawab mark regev ni
ryosakazaki Post at 3-6-2010 01:42
as usual....jawapan seorang jehud pembelit dan penipu... sekoq-sekoq duduk bawah tempurung nak lawan satu donia....
nak kaitkan egypt dan Islam pulak atas kebodohan diri sendiri perang ngan flotilla aktivis pengaman.... what a bloody moron obnoxious joker....
perasan terer sangat eh... kita tengok siapa lagi terer... jehud ka turki....
kelengkapan perang turki samada sama level atau lebih baik dari jehuds...
tentera turki dalam nato adalah yg kedua terbesar, selepas amarika pusyycat...
tentera turki keturunan empayar ottoman mmg dah terbukti kehebatan bertempur mereka berbanding generasi ashkar dan komando lembik jehuds..... dah lah kena titik ngan hezbullah, pastuh kena humban ke laut dengan civilian pulok....
nak ikut legalities, memang patut boleh ishtihar perang dah kat jehuds nih.... alasan munasabah spt alasan2 WW1 n WW2 dah diberikan lampu hijau oleh jehuds bodoh sombong sendiri.....
depa tau perangai depa mmg macam lahanat, almaklum sajalah, mmg bangsa yg dilaknatullah.awat depa tak buat protokol anti palestism, anti malayanism, anti arabism dan anti bangsa2 lainism di seluruh donia?
tengok interview jehud di atas pon menunjukkan depa tau orang lain membenci depa, tapi depa tak amik inisiatif utk mengubah diri agar diterima masyarakat lain, sebaliknya terus mengamalkan sifat dan sikap obnoxious morons dengan penuh pembelitan. maka mereka tak boleh menyalahkan masyarakat donia lain kerna membenci mereka...
Post time 2-6-2010 10:22 PM
