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KATZ HITS BACK AT ERDOGAN: WHAT ABOUT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE?
Arutz Sheva, Israel
July 19 2014
Transportation Minister hits back at Turkish PM after he accused
Israel of attempting a "systematic genocide" of Arabs in Gaza.
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) hit back at Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, after the latter
accused Israel of attempting a "systematic genocide" of Palestinian
Arabs in Gaza, in his strongest attack yet on the Jewish state over
self-defense campaign Operation Protective Edge.
In a post on his Facebook page, Katz reminded Erodgan of the Armenian
Genocide, when in 1915 more than a million Armenians were murdered
by Ottoman troops.
"In 1915 the Turks massacred a million and a half Armenians and he
accuses us, who are fighting his friends in the Islamic movement,
of genocide? Who wants a relationship with such a person?" wrote Katz.
In Thursday's remarks, Erdogan said, "We are witnessing this systematic
genocide every Ramadan. The Western world remains silent; so does
the Islamic world."
"Because those who lost their lives are Palestinian, you can't hear
their voices," he added.
Erdogan has become increasingly vocal over the operation, and
threatened to end the normalization process with Israel over "state
terrorism."
He has also accused Israel of "lies" because "not enough" Israeli
Jews have died in the conflict and has compared Jewish Home MK Ayelet
Shaked to Adolf Hitler.
In April, Erdogan offered condolences to the grandchildren of the
Armenians who were murdered by Ottoman troops.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183066#.U8nYZZtOXIU
From: A. Papazian
Arutz Sheva, Israel
July 19 2014
Transportation Minister hits back at Turkish PM after he accused
Israel of attempting a "systematic genocide" of Arabs in Gaza.
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) hit back at Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, after the latter
accused Israel of attempting a "systematic genocide" of Palestinian
Arabs in Gaza, in his strongest attack yet on the Jewish state over
self-defense campaign Operation Protective Edge.
In a post on his Facebook page, Katz reminded Erodgan of the Armenian
Genocide, when in 1915 more than a million Armenians were murdered
by Ottoman troops.
"In 1915 the Turks massacred a million and a half Armenians and he
accuses us, who are fighting his friends in the Islamic movement,
of genocide? Who wants a relationship with such a person?" wrote Katz.
In Thursday's remarks, Erdogan said, "We are witnessing this systematic
genocide every Ramadan. The Western world remains silent; so does
the Islamic world."
"Because those who lost their lives are Palestinian, you can't hear
their voices," he added.
Erdogan has become increasingly vocal over the operation, and
threatened to end the normalization process with Israel over "state
terrorism."
He has also accused Israel of "lies" because "not enough" Israeli
Jews have died in the conflict and has compared Jewish Home MK Ayelet
Shaked to Adolf Hitler.
In April, Erdogan offered condolences to the grandchildren of the
Armenians who were murdered by Ottoman troops.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183066#.U8nYZZtOXIU
From: A. Papazian