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LIEBERMAN PLANS TO 'PUNISH' TURKEY
Al-Resalah (The Message)
Sept 9 2011
Palestine
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (Alresalah.ps, Agencies)-- "Israel's' hawkish
foreign minister is planning a series of measures to retaliate against
Turkey in an apology row, including military aid to the terrorist
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a news report said on Friday.
Other planned measures are cooperation with the Armenian lobby in
the US in its efforts to win recognition for Armenian claims that
1.5 million Armenians were victims of a genocide campaign in the
late Ottoman Empire during the First World War years and to issue a
travel warning urging all "Israeli" military veterans to refrain from
traveling to Turkey, according to the report in Yedioth Ahranoth. The
travel advisory will also urge "Israelis" to refrain from boarding
connections in Turkey, the report said.
The planned measures apparently came out of a meeting attended by
senior "Israeli" Foreign Ministry officials on Thursday, which the
report said was held in preparation for a meeting on Saturday that
will be attended by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, a harsh critic
of efforts to restore relations with Turkey after Ankara announced a
set of sanctions against "Israel" for its refusal to apologize for
the killing of eight Turks and one Turkish American on an aid ship
trying to break the blockade of Gaza on May 31, 2010.
Accordingly, Lieberman insists that the "Israeli" efforts should focus
on ways to respond to Turkey's sanctions, not formulating an apology
for the 2010 incident, because what Turkey is interested is not an
apology but exploiting the dispute with "Israel" so as to boost its
regional standing.
Saturday's meeting will reportedly focus on those ways to respond
to Turkey.
Yedioth Ahranoth said Lieberman plans meetings with PKK leaders in
Europe in order to find ways to cooperate with them "in every possible
area. "In these meetings, the PKK leaders may ask "Israel" for military
aid in the form of training and arms supplies, the report said.
Lieberman is also planning active Israeli participation in efforts
worldwide to report Turkey's "violations of human rights" in treatment
of minorities in Turkey.
"We'll exact a price from Erdogan that will prove to him that messing
with "Israel" doesn't pay off. Turkey better treat us with respect
and common decency," Lieberman was quoted as saying.
Whether Lieberman's threats could ever be implemented remains
questionable. Turkey's demand for an apology has divided the "Israeli"
government, with hawks such as Lieberman strictly opposing it while
others insisting that a way must be found to restore ties because
Turkey is an ally of critical importance for 'Israel".
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Al-Resalah (The Message)
Sept 9 2011
Palestine
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (Alresalah.ps, Agencies)-- "Israel's' hawkish
foreign minister is planning a series of measures to retaliate against
Turkey in an apology row, including military aid to the terrorist
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a news report said on Friday.
Other planned measures are cooperation with the Armenian lobby in
the US in its efforts to win recognition for Armenian claims that
1.5 million Armenians were victims of a genocide campaign in the
late Ottoman Empire during the First World War years and to issue a
travel warning urging all "Israeli" military veterans to refrain from
traveling to Turkey, according to the report in Yedioth Ahranoth. The
travel advisory will also urge "Israelis" to refrain from boarding
connections in Turkey, the report said.
The planned measures apparently came out of a meeting attended by
senior "Israeli" Foreign Ministry officials on Thursday, which the
report said was held in preparation for a meeting on Saturday that
will be attended by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, a harsh critic
of efforts to restore relations with Turkey after Ankara announced a
set of sanctions against "Israel" for its refusal to apologize for
the killing of eight Turks and one Turkish American on an aid ship
trying to break the blockade of Gaza on May 31, 2010.
Accordingly, Lieberman insists that the "Israeli" efforts should focus
on ways to respond to Turkey's sanctions, not formulating an apology
for the 2010 incident, because what Turkey is interested is not an
apology but exploiting the dispute with "Israel" so as to boost its
regional standing.
Saturday's meeting will reportedly focus on those ways to respond
to Turkey.
Yedioth Ahranoth said Lieberman plans meetings with PKK leaders in
Europe in order to find ways to cooperate with them "in every possible
area. "In these meetings, the PKK leaders may ask "Israel" for military
aid in the form of training and arms supplies, the report said.
Lieberman is also planning active Israeli participation in efforts
worldwide to report Turkey's "violations of human rights" in treatment
of minorities in Turkey.
"We'll exact a price from Erdogan that will prove to him that messing
with "Israel" doesn't pay off. Turkey better treat us with respect
and common decency," Lieberman was quoted as saying.
Whether Lieberman's threats could ever be implemented remains
questionable. Turkey's demand for an apology has divided the "Israeli"
government, with hawks such as Lieberman strictly opposing it while
others insisting that a way must be found to restore ties because
Turkey is an ally of critical importance for 'Israel".
http://english.alresalah.ps/?action=showdetail&seid=691