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Israel hits back at Turkey over scuppered air force drill
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel News, Haaretz TV 

Turkey announced on Sunday the cancellation of an international air force drill at one of the country's air force bases, which was to include Israeli jets.

Foreign Ministry sources said that Turkish military officials had approached the Israel Defense Forces recently with a surprising demand that Israel refrain from participating in the drill, due to the IDF's activity in Gaza.

Israeli inquiries on the matter with the Turkish foreign ministry were met with evasive responses. Consequently, the U.S. and Italy withdrew their participation from the drill in protest, which led to the cancellation of the entire drill.
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Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon called Ankara's step "a blow to NATO, European and American interests," and suggested the United States and other NATO members approach Turkey over the exclusion.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been under pressure recently to exclude Israel from the drill, on the grounds that Israel should not be allowed to participate while its planes are bombing the Gaza Strip

In his response on Thursday, Ayalon played down the effects Turkey's decision might have on political relations between the two U.S. allies.

"Turkey has been and remains an important strategic anchor in the Middle East, and certainly its relations with Israel is something that serves the entire region," Ayalon told Israel Radio.

Turkey, a secular country ruled by an Islamic-oriented party, had long been Israel's best friend in the Muslim world. But ties have cooled sharply over Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's sharp criticism of Israel's winter war in the Gaza Strip, especially in light of a televised fracas between President Shimon Peres and Erdogan at the Davos Conference this past January.

In light of the Turkish demands regarding the air force drill, Israel approached U.S. officials stressing that the unusual nature of the move, which violates the understandings regarding Israel's participation in NATO drills, like the drill in question.

Turkey adopted a critical stance on Israel and Erdogan maintained that Israel was carrying out genocide in the Gaza Strip. Since then, the two states have maintained diplomatic and military contacts but have not had any meetings between high-level officials.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's cancelled his visits to Israel recently after Israel denied his request to visit the Gaza Strip from Israeli territory.

Davutoglu had been invited to take part in the Presidents' Conference, which is scheduled to take place in a few weeks in Jerusalem.

Israeli officials' feared in regard to the visit is that if Davutoglu goes to Gaza, it will become a festive event for Hamas and it will become a media circus with the Turkish FM staying amidst the rubble of buildings destroyed by the IDF during Cast Lead. Officials suspected Davutoglu would also be encouraged to make anti-Israel statements.

Davutoglu was appointed foreign minister only recently, and has sought a role in future peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

A top Israel official said "Turkish leadership during Operation Cast Lead did not encourage us to agree to this request."

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      2.   Tis Better These Days To Keep A Low Profile... 16:40  |  Yosemite 01/11/09
      3.   Glass Turk 16:40  |  utagawa 01/11/09
      4.   Turkey 16:40  |  s.davies 01/11/09
      5.   SHAME on Erdogan 16:40  |  GA 01/11/09
      6.   support for Turkish decision 16:40  |  ben 01/11/09
      7.   Payback time when Turkey asks for our help to enter EU 16:40  |  Kenny 01/11/09
      8.   walid/air farce drill 16:40  |  zoe 01/11/09
      9.   Turkey bans Israel from Air force drill and 16:40  |  David Nigel Braham 01/11/09
      10.   turkey is a pariah state too 16:40  |  nadav 01/11/09
      11.   kicking it cold turkey 16:40  |  kochmalogue musmach 01/11/09
      12.   A message? 16:40  |  John of Jordan 01/11/09
      13.   Pariah or Rogue? 16:40  |  Ghassan 01/11/09
      14.   Turkey bans ... 16:40  |  howiej 01/11/09
      15.   1 million murdered Armenians is not genocide? 16:40  |  danny 01/11/09
      16.   Bravo Turkey 16:40  |  northern neighbor 01/11/09
      17.   Turkey 16:40  |  Ralph 01/11/09
      18.   Boycott Turkey!!! 16:40  |  Sky 01/11/09
      19.   Israel denies the Armenian Genocide 16:40  |  ben 01/11/09
      20.   Israel & The Armenian Genocide 16:40  |  Tony 01/11/09
      21.   Erdogan`s Turkey 16:40  |  AB 01/11/09
      22.   Time to tie PA state timing to independent Kurdistan timing 16:40  |  Dr. L. Brnd 01/11/09
      23.   to # 2 So we Jews have to keep our heads down? 16:40  |  CM 01/11/09
      24.   The Turks and us, the Jews. 16:40  |  ZORRO 01/11/09
      25.   @ Ghassan 16:40  |  Ralph 01/11/09
      26.   What Turkey did is hurt itself 16:40  |  Al 01/11/09
      27.   The everchanging times in Turkey. 16:40  |  Stephen. 01/11/09
      28.   It is about time Israel should stste unequivocally 16:40  |  17 01/11/09
      29.   Correct headline: Turkey forced to cancell the drill due to 16:40  |  17 01/11/09
      30.   Well done Turkey; shame on US and Italy 16:40  |  Chanalau, Tova 01/11/09
      31.   Bravo Turkey. We are proud of you 16:40  |  Mihim 01/11/09
      32.   well well well 16:40  |  VIPER 01/11/09
      33.   The turkish mass murder of Armenians 16:40  |  Johnny 01/11/09
      34.   Peace in the middle east 16:40  |  Cem 01/11/09
      35.   to Walid 16:40  |  Ricardo Ibrahim 01/11/09
      36.   Worth it 16:40  |  Iain 01/11/09
      37.   # 7 kenny 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      38.   Hypocrasy at BEST! 16:40  |  Yosi 01/11/09
      39.   Genocide ? 16:40  |  rich 01/11/09
      40.   #15 good question Danny, you must ask Abe 16:40  |  Ardi 01/11/09
      41.   The Turks will not care ........ 16:40  |  Chaim 01/11/09
      42.   TURKEY JOINS RANKS OF TERRORISTS. 16:40  |  Petra 01/11/09
      43.   Israel`s prevarication 16:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/09
      44.   BOYCOTT TURKEY 16:40  |  Petra 01/11/09
      45.   "GA ",shame on Israelis going on holidays to Turkey 16:40  |  Absolute Sweden 01/11/09
      46.   #34 Axel 16:40  |  ron 01/11/09
      47.   to Cem #31 16:40  |  Yosi 01/11/09
      48.   Tardy Turks 16:40  |  Israeliguy 01/11/09
      49.   Viper 29 16:40  |  American in NY 01/11/09
      50.   Shame to Erdogan #5 16:40  |  Kurtendp 01/11/09
      51.   No Dr. L. Brnd exist! Israel has no power to tie anything.period! 16:40  |  sj 01/11/09
      52.   # 37 Ardi/Vienna re Foxman 16:40  |  17 01/11/09
      53.   Ricardo Ibrahim 16:40  |  northern neighbor 01/11/09
      54.   To Ardi from Vienna 16:40  |  Bnayahu 01/11/09
      55.   Why Turks call Jews Yahudi and not Musevi 16:40  |  Nora Tel Aviv 01/11/09
      56.   A split in NATO? 16:40  |  Justine Effort 01/11/09
      57.   Israel now paying a heavy price for never having had a "daddy"... 16:40  |  Swiss (Dino) 01/11/09
      58.   The turkish option as a friend 16:40  |  Yom Tov 01/11/09
      59.   Obama supports Israel 16:40  |  US CITIZEN 01/11/09
      60.   To Ralph 22 16:40  |  Ghassan 01/11/09
      61.   Oxymoron 16:40  |  Yonatan 01/11/09
      62.   This is only the beginning 16:40  |  Pagael 01/11/09
      63.   Are you sure, Nora from Tel Aviv 16:40  |  Fatih 01/11/09
      64.   Justine, Turkey is not the lynchpin for NATO 16:40  |  Joe Frazier 01/11/09
      65.   Turkey 16:40  |  Brod 01/11/09
      66.   To Norah 16:40  |  Ghassan 01/11/09
      67.   There will be no peace in the World before Switzeland ceases to e 16:40  |  Absolute Sweden 01/11/09
      68.   Ghassan 16:40  |  rich 01/11/09
      69.   to Walid 16:40  |  alistair 01/11/09
      70.   to Walid 16:40  |  alistair 01/11/09
      71.   #56 Justin Effort 16:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/09
      72.   # 46 ron 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      73.   Boycott Turkey 16:40  |  Andrew Michaels 01/11/09
      74.   what is cause and effect? 16:40  |  aron 01/11/09
      75.   The Turks and us...! 16:40  |  ZORRO 01/11/09
      76.   Good move. Good for Turkey. Good for Israel. 16:40  |  jens 01/11/09
      77.   Bravo Turkey! 16:40  |  SRSabbah 01/11/09
      78.   Reply to Cem 16:40  |  Simon_Of_Sydney 01/11/09
      79.   This is outlandish. In reprisal, Israel should immediately ... 16:40  |  AB 01/11/09
      80.   Turkey 16:40  |  Harold 01/11/09
      81.   Turkey bans Israel from international air force drill 16:40  |  R C 01/11/09
      82.   # 72 andrew 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      83.   Just keep telling yourself 16:40  |  Richard Pearce 01/11/09
      84.   Excellent--Welcome to the EU turkey. 16:40  |  Labhras 01/11/09
      85.   Little Jens from DK,how bout war crimes tribunal for Danish docto 16:40  |  Absolute Sweden 01/11/09
      86.   # 1 16:40  |  the mirror 01/11/09
      87.   the zio-state and special relationships 16:40  |  to funny 01/11/09
      88.   #57 It was father Israel and stepfather AIPAC 16:40  |  Ardi 01/11/09
      89.   CALL IN THE LOBBY! 16:40  |  VOICE OF AMERICA)) 01/11/09
      90.   turkey 16:40  |  oz 01/11/09
      91.   Turkey 16:40  |  Brod 01/11/09
      92.   # 79 ab another jewish genius 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      93.   Turkey still has trouble with the Armenian genocide 16:40  |  Anonymous 01/11/09
      94.   To [sic] funny 16:40  |  American in NY 01/11/09
      95.   The Turkish genocide and Israel 16:40  |  Robert 01/11/09
      96.   "You know how to kill" is an old Turkish saying 16:40  |  Anonymous 01/11/09
      97.   US CITIZEN # 59 Israel is a one way street 16:40  |  American in NY 01/11/09
      98.   Never trust Turkey with Erdogan 16:40  |  Yahiel 01/11/09
      99.   turkey 16:40  |  Yaron 01/11/09
      100.   I`ve often wondered why 16:40  |  Lynn 01/11/09
      101.   NATO consulted? 16:40  |  Nick Ferriman 01/11/09
      102.   good 16:40  |  yerushalmi 01/11/09
      103.   #83 Pearce 16:40  |  Lynn 01/11/09
      104.   Turkey bans Israel 16:40  |  Michael 01/11/09
      105.   Turkey-Armenia and Israel 16:40  |  anonymous 01/11/09
      106.   to glass turk #3 16:40  |  Ali 01/11/09
      107.   to number 4 16:40  |  Ali 01/11/09
      108.   Now that could be a problem... 16:40  |  Maureen Ann 01/11/09
      109.   axel 16:40  |  the mirror 01/11/09
      110.   no significance on the long term, 16:40  |  mehmet 01/11/09
      111.   #91 Axel 16:40  |  Manuel 01/11/09
      112.   American in NY 16:40  |  rich 01/11/09
      113.   Joe Frazier # 64 Turkey counts in NATO more then you know 16:40  |  American in NY 01/11/09
      114.   Why do you think they call it "Turkey"? 16:40  |  Sean 01/11/09
      115.   Axel (#91) Dear Axel from Germany 16:40  |  Gil 01/11/09
      116.   Israel did not embrace Armenian Genocide at hands of Turkey 16:40  |  Steven 01/11/09
      117.   Erdogan-USA-Israel mechanics, how it works ? 16:40  |  mehmet 01/11/09
      118.   to Jens 76 and how doing all this will bring Israel closer to pea 16:40  |  CM 01/11/09
      119.   Remind me again how many Amenians they annihilated? 16:40  |  Dan 01/11/09
      120.   #104 Michael....there didn`t seem to be a problem 16:40  |  Lynn 01/11/09
      121.   #53 northern neighbor...actually Ricardo Ibrahim 16:40  |  Lynn 01/11/09
      122.   Enough Already - The Whining Israelis Should Be Embarrassed 16:40  |  massaraksh 01/11/09
      123.   #101 Ferriman....Italy didn`t consult NATO either 16:40  |  Lynn 01/11/09
      124.   To Yosi #47 16:40  |  Cem 01/11/09
      125.   # 109 mirror 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      126.   Walid wonders 16:40  |  SDHD 01/11/09
      127.   To Northern Neighbour 16:40  |  Ricardo Ibrahim 01/11/09
      128.   Ghassan 16:40  |  Ishai 01/11/09
      129.   Hypocritia from Turkey 16:40  |  Hub 01/11/09
      130.   # 115 gil 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      131.   Turkey bans Israel from internation air force drill 16:40  |  Marlene 01/11/09
      132.   Dan let me remind you how many native Americans 16:40  |  Labhras 01/11/09
      133.   ataturk 16:40  |  jo 01/11/09
      134.   Erdogan from Turkey shouting Murder, Murder, Murder 16:40  |  Gil 01/11/09
      135.   Israel is not a member of NATO--It is in the middle East 16:40  |  Labhras 01/11/09
      136.   Israel is not a member of NATO--It is in the middle East3rd try 16:40  |  Labhras 01/11/09
      137.   Turkey, Israel, Kurdistan. 16:40  |  The Teacher/instruct 01/11/09
      138.   #132 Labhras 16:40  |  American in NY 01/11/09
      139.   The good old days of killing civilianze and .., 16:40  |  SAMMY 01/11/09
      140.   # 130 marlene 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      141.   Boycott Israel 16:40  |  Leon 01/11/09
      142.   Congratulations 134 16:40  |  Bill 01/11/09
      143.   Gil #115 16:40  |  ben 01/11/09
      144.   # 137 "teacher" 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      145.   What is Turkey afraid of? 16:40  |  Heather Czerniak 01/11/09
      146.   Turkeys ban on Israel 16:40  |  Monroe Spiegel 01/11/09
      147.   #135 Labhras and NATO 16:40  |  Pierre S 01/11/09
      148.   Just evidence 16:40  |  A TRUE American 01/11/09
      149.   Walid 16:40  |  Israeli 01/11/09
      150.   Antisemitism - damned if you do, damned if you don`t 16:40  |  Anonymous 01/11/09
      151.   To the Beirut residents 16:40  |  A TUE American 01/11/09
      152.   Israel is .. 16:40  |  un2here 01/11/09
      153.   # 138 American in NY 16:40  |  ben 01/11/09
      154.   American in New york---I did not address you 16:40  |  Labhras 01/11/09
      155.   Wow _ Turkey Cancells A Non Event With Israel 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      156.   Ricardo Ibrahim 16:40  |  Aaron 01/11/09
      157.   # 117 mehmet 16:40  |  erdinch 01/11/09
      158.   and finally, my take on this 16:40  |  mehmet 01/11/09
      159.   walid 16:40  |  alan 01/11/09
      160.   was turrkey not going to send those planes that had bombed 16:40  |  v hardman 01/11/09
      161.   Turkey is really saying if you want to stike Iran... 16:40  |  ben 01/11/09
      162.   American in NY # 59 _ Don`t Foam At The Mouth Now 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      163.   Not a blow to NATO. It`s a blow to Israel. 16:40  |  Michael 01/11/09
      164.   Tukey reacting to Pakistan assault 16:40  |  Christopher 01/11/09
      165.   Don`t visit Turkey! You are not welcome there 16:40  |  Indian 01/11/09
      166.   Reply to #78 Simon_of_Sidney 16:40  |  Cem 01/11/09
      167.   Bill # 142 _ Presumably You Are America. Do The American People 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      168.   Axel (#130) I don`t know, I am pretty familiar with 16:40  |  Gil 01/11/09
      169.   Turkey in the EU, no Thanks... 16:40  |  Brazilian Jew 01/11/09
      170.   When the Lead Was Cast 16:40  |  Mark Lincoln 01/11/09
      171.   The lowest form of garbage known to humanity 16:40  |  Murray of Montreal 01/11/09
      172.   Thanks to proud and strong Turkish state, 16:40  |  anti-racist 01/11/09
      173.   Dr. L. Brnd From San Diego # 22 _ Brilliant Post. 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      174.   Turkey and Armenia are working out differences w/o 16:40  |  zionist help 01/11/09
      175.   Turkey trying to do business in the USA 16:40  |  John 01/11/09
      176.   Israel should not provide military technology to Turkey 16:40  |  general_tao 01/11/09
      177.   How can excluding a non NATO country 16:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/09
      178.   Who asked him? 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      179.   Turkey bans Israel from internation air force drill 16:40  |  Marlene 01/11/09
      180.   Certainly it is a "blow to NATO" 16:40  |  Dr Phil Sullivan 01/11/09
      181.   Blow to Nato? 16:40  |  Max 01/11/09
      182.   axel 16:40  |  the mirror 01/11/09
      183.   Axel (#130) I don`t know, I am pretty familiar with 16:40  |  Gil 01/11/09
      184.   Bill (#142) On the contrary 16:40  |  Gil 01/11/09
      185.   Ali`s words of wisdom- after the 2nd bottle...! 16:40  |  ZORRO 01/11/09
      186.   Absolute Sweden 16:40  |  Michael Fox 01/11/09
      187.   Utagawa 16:40  |  wibism 01/11/09
      188.   Turkey=Iran 16:40  |  American 01/11/09
      189.   i am sure turkey would be happy to let hamas participate 16:40  |  vik 01/11/09
      190.   Turkey turning into Pakistan 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      191.   Kenny`s help to enter the EU? 16:40  |  wibism 01/11/09
      192.   LOL - blow to Nato? - it typifies the current 16:40  |  David 01/11/09
      193.   Turkey, Israel, Kurdistan 16:40  |  Michael Fox 01/11/09
      194.   Out in the cold 16:40  |  Chuck Hazel 01/11/09
      195.   Let`s see how long before this Headline is taken away 16:40  |  Sanyora 01/11/09
      196.   Cancel all military drills everywhere 16:40  |  Janice 01/11/09
      197.   Nick Ferriman is right---the US put Israel before 16:40  |  Labhras 01/11/09
      198.   Bill & Disgust . Turk Genocide 16:40  |  The Teacher/Instruct 01/11/09
      199.   Telling the world where to shove it 16:40  |  Mark Lincoln 01/11/09
      200.   Soon the Almighty will say, Enough! 16:40  |  Yosef Avraham 01/11/09
      201.   Erdogan will get a good grilling, probably tonight 16:40  |  mehmet 01/11/09
      202.   #156 Eli 16:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/09
      203.   Israel, stay proud! 16:40  |  Rafé 01/11/09
      204.   Turkey appears to do all it can not to be accepted to the EU 16:40  |  Eitan 01/11/09
      205.   fuck`m 16:40  |  Richard 01/11/09
      206.   Israel hits back at Turkey 16:40  |  Frioman 01/11/09
      207.   #7 Kenny where you from you sexy thing 16:40  |  Labhras 01/11/09
      208.   # 155 eli 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      209.   In a few decades Cast Lead will be seen as the turning point 16:40  |  Kris Lazar 01/11/09
      210.   Not US, Britain, Sweden, Norway, PA, Turkey,....that get isolated 16:40  |  Observer 01/11/09
      211.   #204 Eitan---Israel is not in Nato and Qatzrin is not in Israel 16:40  |  Labhras 01/11/09
      212.   Richard # 205 _ I Could Not Have Said It More Eloquently 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      213.   Exert Pressure for Human Rights 16:40  |  Vladek 01/11/09
      214.   #205 Richard in the hague---some friends heading your way 16:40  |  Labhras 01/11/09
      215.   Turkey and airforce drill 16:40  |  Bill Jackson 01/11/09
      216.   To 205 they need Israel like the US needs Israel 16:40  |  Dan 01/11/09
      217.   eitan you are an Israeli---not part of the EU 16:40  |  gillian 01/11/09
      218.   Turkey Tired of being Humiliated! 16:40  |  FOX 01/11/09
      219.   fathi, ignorant, and turk lovers 16:40  |  charro 01/11/09
      220.   a little country called israel 16:40  |  Petros 01/11/09
      221.   Goldstone an anti-semitic Zionist Jew?? 16:40  |  Adam 01/11/09
      222.   # 204 eitan 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      223.   Labhras # 211 _ Actually Qatzrin Is In Israel 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      224.   Turkey and NATO 16:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/09
      225.   Turkey should be banned due to genocide of Armenians & Kurd 16:40  |  Justice For All 01/11/09
      226.   Reaction to Israeli behavior 16:40  |  Les 01/11/09
      227.   Eitan the settler 16:40  |  wibism 01/11/09
      228.   Turkey serves European interests. 16:40  |  Uri Weinstein 01/11/09
      229.   Turkey hijacked by the Islamist-Jihadists. 16:40  |  Turkey hijacked 01/11/09
      230.   Adam #221_It Never Occured To Us That Anyone Would Label Self 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      231.   Adam #221_It Never Occured To Us That Anyone Would Label Self 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      232.   re: Michael Fox 16:40  |  THOMAS PAIN 01/11/09
      233.   No need of drill with a Turkey nobody can count on. 16:40  |  Fortuna Benmayor 01/11/09
      234.   For Yom Tov # 58 16:40  |  Fortuna Benmayor 01/11/09
      235.   #231 Eli of Berkeley 16:40  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/09
      236.   Turkey bans Israel from international air force drill 16:40  |  Agnetas Berggren 01/11/09
      237.   let the IDF fly to Turkey 16:40  |  ama 01/11/09
      238.   Chris Linthwaite # 235 _ You Are Wiser Than I thought 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      239.   Yes,Israel has always right to bomb 16:40  |  Cengiz 01/11/09
      240.   Invade Turkey? 16:40  |  Nat 01/11/09
      241.   For those of us educated 16:40  |  A Fikery 01/11/09
      242.   The US maybe wasn`t up to having exercises with Israel 16:40  |  Singer 01/11/09
      243.   #223 Eli that Annexation is illegal as is the East J 16:40  |  Labhras 01/11/09
      244.   wibism 16:40  |  jorge saches 01/11/09
      245.   Correction to "Tardy Turks" 16:40  |  Or Can 01/11/09
      246.   Re: "Why Turks call Jews Yahudi and not Musevi" 16:40  |  Or Can 01/11/09
      247.   Labhras # 243 _ I Am Not Pensive At All And I Have Not 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      248.   Joe Frazier from Philly 16:40  |  Or Can 01/11/09
      249.   Response to Andrew Michaels from Montreal 16:40  |  Or Can 01/11/09
      250.   So which one would you ask to dance? 16:40  |  r cummings 01/11/09
      251.   To Simon_Of_Sydney 16:40  |  Or Can 01/11/09
      252.   Response to R C 16:40  |  Or Can 01/11/09
      253.   Yom Tov...when the US Congress (House) 16:40  |  Lynn 01/11/09
      254.   To Robert from Toronto 16:40  |  Or Can 01/11/09
      255.   Do we still buy water from Turkey??? 16:40  |  Eli Maimon 01/11/09
      256.   observation 16:40  |  potobac 01/11/09
      257.   #141 Leon boycott 16:40  |  Angus 01/11/09
      258.   # 223 eli 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      259.   "bombing of Gaza"? 16:40  |  Jasper 01/11/09
      260.   Thank you Turkey 16:40  |  Free Palestine 01/11/09
      261.   Eli in Tel Aviv 16:40  |  wibism 01/11/09
      262.   # 249 eli 16:40  |  Axel 01/11/09
      263.   Or can - occupied Cyprus 16:40  |  wibism 01/11/09
      264.   why do the jews who were forced out of europe 16:40  |  tell me why 01/11/09
      265.   above 16:40  |  moishe 01/11/09
      266.   turkey may forgo the EU for another 16:40  |  SHIA 4 EVER 01/11/09
      267.   Turkey 16:40  |  John 01/11/09
      268.   Eli maimon ---drill where and for what??? 16:40  |  Labhras 01/11/09
      269.   Or Can 16:40  |  Jasper 01/11/09
      270.   Turkey-Israel drill 16:40  |  zkt83 01/11/09
      271.   Why you only critisize Turkey? 16:40  |  Harun 01/11/09
      272.   Telling the world 16:40  |  sh 01/11/09
      273.   to #1 16:40  |  NYC Jew 01/11/09
      274.   Why israelis continue to travel in Turkey ? 16:40  |  Gilbert 01/11/09
      275.   Well it signals the end of NATO 16:40  |  steve from Raleigh 01/11/09
      276.   Response to # 248 Or Can 16:40  |  R C 01/11/09
      277.   Someone Should Remind The Current Leaders of Turkey ... 16:40  |  Tim R 01/11/09
      278.   #254 16:40  |  Tim R 01/11/09
      279.   TO A FIKERY@241 Tell it to the Kurds,The Armenians,The Greeks. 16:40  |  Benny 01/11/09
      280.   #250 Is that so, Potobac? 16:40  |  Tim R 01/11/09
      281.   comes around 16:40  |  David Reuben 01/11/09
      282.   JUSTICE FOR ALL@225 YUP,NOT ONLY THE KURDS,BUT ALSO.. 16:40  |  James 01/11/09
      283.   to Cem #124 16:40  |  Yosi 01/11/09
      284.   Jens is right! 16:40  |  utagawa 01/11/09
      285.   To Lynn 16:40  |  utagawa 01/11/09
      286.   Labhras _ Not Pensive At All. Nothing Has Changed About 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      287.   Israeli firms and tech purifies Turkish waters 16:40  |  Tom 01/11/09
      288.   #132 Labrhas....newsflash 16:40  |  Lynn 01/11/09
      289.   To Gillian 16:40  |  utagawa 01/11/09
      290.   Anti-Israel Responders YOU ARE WRONG 16:40  |  Dallas 01/11/09
      291.   Cengiz from my Birthplace Izmir part 2 16:40  |  David Israel 01/11/09
      292.   Eli Maimon - Do you still buy water from Turkey? 16:40  |  David Israel 01/11/09
      293.   Un recognised Genocide 16:40  |  Shafaat Khan 01/11/09
      294.   Rich #112 regarding American in New York 16:40  |  ELIAS KHOURY 01/11/09
      295.   Why the hell is the air force engaged in politics. 16:40  |  ZORRO 01/11/09
      296.   It is Turkish Air Space 16:40  |  Turk in the USA 01/11/09
      297.   Harun I agree but half way 16:40  |  David Israel 01/11/09
      298.   Pariah or Rogue? 16:40  |  cabbar06 01/11/09
      299.   Eli # 162 4th try 16:40  |  American in NY 01/11/09
      300.   How Funny American In NY _ You Worked hard For That Post 16:40  |  Eli 01/11/09
      301.   IsraelHits back at Turkey over NatoDrill 16:40  |  Bob Matthews 01/11/09
      302.   to bob mathews 16:40  |  paz 01/11/09
      303.   Eli # 300 your grip on reality is fgagile 16:40  |  American in NY 01/11/09
      304.   Israel-Turkey 16:40  |  Gerald 01/11/09
      305.   "Operation Steel," "Hammer (1997)" and "Operation Sun (2008)" 16:40  |  DJStahl 01/11/09
      306.   A reply to u all from a Turkish national 16:40  |  Ozzy 01/11/09
      307.   Turkey is going through a change of identity 16:40  |  Sharon 01/11/09
      308.   to # 261 What Hutzpah! 16:40  |  Eli Maimon 01/11/09
      309.   to # 262 A blessed country 16:40  |  Eli Maimon 01/11/09
      310.   Response to Ghassan 16:40  |  Disgusted 01/11/09
      311.   The Turkey that eats crow 16:40  |  Disgusted 01/11/09
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