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    TURKISH JIHADISTS ATTACK ISRAEL
    Phyllis Chesler

    FrontPage Magazine
    http://frontpagemag.com/2010/06/01/turkey-attacks-israel/
    June 1 2010

    One may describe Hitler as a "vegetarian" (which he apparently was)
    but he was still a genocidally exterminationist Jew-hater whose
    relentless racism and imperial ambitions led to the death of more
    than 60 million people.

    One may also describe the Turks on board the "freedom flotilla"
    (Orwell himself could not have suggested a better logo) as
    "humanitarian activists." But they are still pro-terrorist Turkish
    jihadists whose mission was to kill Jews, one way or the other. This
    was a mission which aimed to further demonize the already shamefully
    tarnished reputation of the Jewish state. This mission planned to
    force a violent confrontation; were Israeli soldiers to dare defend
    themselves and if Muslims are therefore martyred--even better public
    relations, even better for international lawfare against the Israel.

    The so-called "humanitarians," at least on one boat, came armed with
    metal bars and knives. They were fighters, not pacifists, and they
    called out traditional Islamic battle cries: "[Remember] Khaibar,
    Khaibar, oh Jews! The army of Muhammad will return!" According to
    Palestinian Media Watch:

    "Khaibar is the name of the last Jewish village defeated by Muhammad's
    army in 628. Many Jews were killed in that battle, which marked the
    end of Jewish presence in Arabia. There are Muslims who see that as a
    precursor for future wars against Jews. At gatherings and rallies of
    extremists, this chant is often heard as a threat to Jews to expect
    to be defeated and killed again by Muslims."

    "This video shows Israeli soldiers being beaten with long and heavy
    metal rods on one of the Turkish boats. Jeff Dunetz ("YidWithLid")
    has a series of disturbing and informative videos in which we can see
    the planned nature and intensity of the Turkish-Palestinian violence
    against Israeli soldiers--an attack which involved stabbings, beatings,
    firebombing attempts, throwing soldiers overboard, etc."

    Earlier today, Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said
    that the Turkish-led flotilla was: "An armada of hate and violence
    in support of Hamas' terror organization and was a premeditated and
    outrageous provocation. The organizers are well known for their ties
    with global jihad, Al-Qaeda, and Hamas. They have a history of arms
    smuggling and deadly terror. On board the ship we found weapons
    prepared in advance and used against our forces. The organizers
    intent was violent, their method was violent, and the results were
    unfortunately violent. Israel regrets any loss of life and did
    everything to avoid this outcome."

    Indeed, the death count currently stands at an estimated nine (mainly
    Turkish) dead and 34 wounded. Predictably, the Arab, European,
    and liberal media are viewing Israel as the vicious aggressor; as
    committing "obscene" acts. Al-Jazeera's website calls what happened
    "a massacre." They refer to the dead as "martyrs."

    Some say that the Israeli commandos could have used taser guns, rubber
    bullets, or simply sent far more soldiers onto each boat. But the
    Israelis initially boarded the boats armed with paintball guns. And one
    wonders: How many Israeli soldiers can fit on a boat? One Israeli now
    suggests that Israel should have surrounded all the boats, stopped
    them dead in their tracks, shot out their motors.

    Said I: And then done what with them?

    Said he: Negotiate.

    Said I: Are you crazy? Negotiate with terrorists? And then feed them,
    house them, coddle them--terrorists who would not even agree to bring
    food and a note to Gilad Shalit? Incredibly, Israel has been doing
    just that, treating the wounded terrorists in Israeli hospitals and
    preparing to intern the remaining "activists" in air-conditioned
    tents in Ashdod.

    Said he: There should have been better military planning.

    I am sure that Monday morning quarterbacking is always more ingenious
    than what happens in the moment of battle. The problem is that, once
    again, the Israelis are being attacked for having defended themselves
    and the jihadists are still being seen as "martyrs."

    Why did Turkey attack Israel? How much Iranian support did they have?

    Turkey was once a haven for Jews in flight from the Christian
    Inquisition.

    Once, long ago, Muslim Turkey gave asylum to Dona Gracia HaNasi,
    the noble and generous leader of the Jews who had fled from Christian
    Spain and Portugal. Dona Gracia, a widow, was the wealthiest Jew of her
    time and, after living in Italy, found final refuge in Constantinople
    in 1552. Some wealthy Jews still live in Turkey today--yes, despite
    the bombing of two Turkish synagogues in 2003. I wonder how safe they
    are and for how long.

    As to women? Locked up in harems--but if they were lucky/most unlucky,
    perhaps in the Sultan's own harem or seraglio. For example, in 1784,
    a French girl, Aimee Dubucq de Rivery, was kidnapped on the open seas
    by Algerian pirates who sold her into the Turkish Sultan's harem. Aimee
    became known as "Naksh," The Beautiful One, for her fair skin, blue
    eyes, and blonde hair. Improbably, incredibly, Aimee became the mother
    of the next Sultan, whose name was Sultan Mahmoud II, the Reformer.

    Some see the influence of the Sultan Valideh (The Veiled Sultan)
    in Selim's letter of friendship to King Louis XVI--and in other
    pro-European gestures and customs.

    Myths die hard. People still believe that Jews, Christians and other
    infidels lived safe and happy lives in Muslims lands. This is a
    Big Lie.

    As a matter of historical fact, the Turks have a long and bloody
    history of cruelty and genocide. They colonized the entire Middle
    East, forced conversions or murdered those who resisted. Islamic
    gender and religious apartheid flourished.

    To this day, the Turks continue to deny the Armenian genocide. And,
    the days of Kemal Ataturk are long gone. In the early 1920s, Ataturk
    imposed a secular democracy upon the Islamists and unveiled the women.

    Now, the Islamists are winning again: Women are veiling, honor killings
    are on the rise (both in Turkey and among Turks in Europe).

    Recently, a father and grandfather heartlessly buried a 16-year-old
    daughter and granddaughter alive for the "crime" of presumably talking
    to boys. I have also written about a great Turkish feminist hero,
    my friend Seyran Ates, here; Ates was shot for her work among Turkish
    immigrant girls and women in Berlin. Her 15-year-old client died.

    Ates, a lawyer, was left for dead--but miraculously survived.

    And we nearly admitted Turkey into the European Union. One wonders
    if they would have intensified their anti-Israel Islamism had they
    been accepted as "Europeans," or whether their candidacy was merely
    a calculated move in tandem with pre-existing pro-Iranian plans. For
    years, Turkey has opposed sanctioning Iran for its nuclear program.

    Turkey was among the first to congratulate Ahmadinejad on his
    re-election victory. During 2009, Turkey improved its economic ties
    to Iran.

    I am waiting for the United Nations and for the United States to
    condemn this unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation.




    From: A. Papazian
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