Report: Turkey PM says Lieberman threatened to nuke Gaza

Come on Axel, at give me two dimensions. Turkey's largest import is oil. Look it up. Pipelines do run through the country and Turkey gets a cut ($), but that is about it. Transiting through does not a destination make. Lower oil prices for Turkey = better chance at nukes for Iran. A win-win for both. Isolate and threaten Israel and tie America down in Iraq and Afghanistan (plus a peace prize from the Europeans), and the main players that might use force against Iran are neutralized. I guess many Europeans don't mind if radicalized Islamicist governments and their proxies get nuclear weapons. I do mind.

Let's not split hairs. BIBI and LIBERNAZI are the one in the same, Bibi is a liar and Lieberman is a lunatic. If they swap positions Bibi would be running his mouth of everyday of the week knowing he isn't going to get into trouble. To people like Lieberman and Bibi we are just Goyim. It's funny they never mention Hebrew extremists do they?

The 'Justice and Development Party' is not just, nor does it believe in Turkish progress along the line Ataturk envisioned. Turkey is falling by slow but sure steps into Islamic radicalism. And one of the surest signs of Islamic radicalism is its reliance on half-truths and whole lies to advance its agenda. It is patently absurd for Erdogan to claim the Israeli FM, Mr Lieberman, would even for a moment consider a nuclear attack on Gaza. Israel might as well nuke itself - Gaza is but a sliver of land a few miles wide. But of course, the impracticalities and inhumanity of such an attack doesn't really matter, so long as Erdogan can score a few cheap propaganda points for his party, and for his 'friend': Dr Ahmadinejad. And how many petrodollars did Erdogan get in return, one wonders? MV

Erdogan is playing with fire. He is dreaming to become the leader of the muslim world and to go back to the days ot the Ottoman Empire.He forgets that Arabs traditionally will stab you in the back if you try to undermine another guy who wants the same. aka amadinejhad.

Turkey should have been kicked out of NATO when they refused to allow US soldiers to go into Iraq from our US base in Turkey. Just shows they are more muslim than secular despite their "constitution". They also are very angry because the EU has not allowed them to be part of the EU. What on earth makes them believe they are part of Europe is a mystery to me. Obviously the EU is correct in refusing them admission to their party. The murder of Turkish Christians is up also. Erdogan is a loose cannon and nothing surprises me there. He certainly is showing his muslim inability to govern in a nonpartisan manner.

some people ask about turkish military. those people should know that there is a very strong democracy in turkey.. and turkish military is under the order of prime minister erdogan.learn this realty. erdogan is voice of turkish cizitens.. this is democracy please learn this..

Maybe the real reason for Turkey's agreement with Armenia was so that it would no longer have to rely on the Israel lobby in the U.S. to stop resolutions on the Armenian genocide, because they would no longer matter so much.

Is in the wrong business with the amount of publicity he is getting and thriving for he wonted to be a star!! but with his looks he can only be a Turkey PM:)))

SDHD: "You come up with excuses for the very plainly written word when it suits you, and manufacture false interpretations of the written word when it suits you as well." Stripped of its ad-hom nonsense I can at least detect one nugget of fact in that statement: both PETER SM and SDHD have looked, and at least one of them realized that the words attributed *to* Erdogan were not actually quoted. I would suggest that means that Erdogan did *not* say make any such statement to that reporter, who is merely repeating an urban myth ("it has been said that Erdogan said that Lieberman said that....")

As much as i will like to speak about liberman the article is about the turkish president who is a shame for the turkish people and should be kicked out by the turks.

It doesn't take much intelligence to see that if Israel were to nuke the Gaza Strip,the resulting radiation would probably wipe out half of Israel,too. This descent into unabashed mendacity shows how much Mr Erdogan's Islamic credentials are coming into the open after he tried to hide them. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

It doesn't take much intelligence to see that if Israel were to nuke the Gaza Strip,the resulting radiation would probably wipe out half of Israel,too. This descent into unabashed mendacity shows how much Mr Erdogan's Islamic credentials are coming into the open after he tried to hide them. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

The only problem with your link, was that Lieberman didn't say what you think he said. To quote"Operation Cast Lead must continue until Hamas "loses the will to fight," Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday. "Israel won't be secure so long as Hamas is in power, and therefore we need to come to a decision that we will break the will of Hamas to keep fighting," he said during a speech at Tel Aviv's Bar-Ilan University. "We must continue to fight Hamas just like the United States did with the Japanese in World War II," Lieberman added. "Then, too, the occupation of the country was unnecessary." Further down the column, II stated the following: Comment by Israel Insider on January 16, 2009 at 11:27am Lieberman was not proposing to use nuclear weapons but rather to inflict a devastating response on Gaza with conventional means to force Hamas to capitulate.

I have many Jewish friends in Istanbul, I met two other Israelis in Antalya when I was on holiday and we became really good friends. I have no problem with Jewish people of Judaism. Having said all these I believe that IDF and Israel goverment must pay more attention about how to prevent innocent civilian from being killed. IDF and Israel goverment must stop using mass destruction weapons like phosphorus bomb. Phosphorus bomb is a chemical weapon acording to Geneva Conventions. Nobody has any right to do that to any human being. They are killed in burns and great suffer. They are your brothers, you all come from the same race. The only different thing beetween an Israeli and Arab is the religion. Your DNAs would come out 90% similar if tested. Please have some mercy and show some resistance to your radical goverment to stop all these nonsense war, at least for the humanity

And Newt Gingrich (then Speaker of the House) said it about China, And Several Republicans said it should have been used in Iraq during the 1990 - 1991 war over Kuwait. The fact that Lieberman was not in government at the time should remind people, especially on this board, who mouth off at the drop of a hat, the difference between inflamatory rhetoric, and government policy.

As we saw with the previous leftist govs, they tend to bring wars, cuz Arabs think they be weak, the Kadima-Labor gov had 2 wars in less than 3 years.

"Thus it would be possible to `nuke` Gaza without doing grievous harm to Israel." Nonsense.

These are the terrorists themselves, how can Turkey harbor these radical pro-Islamists. I have been to certain areas in Istanbul such as Fatih, you really don't need to visit Iran. These people live in the middle of Istanbul. Unfortunately there are not many areas that the secular people can live anymore in Istanbul and that is the objective of the government.

is taking side of Amadhinejad, the Iranian pres. who wants Israel to be wiped off the map. No wonder that the EU do not accept the Turkish wish to become a member of the European Union. An now Turkey is rejected by Brussels, they look at the Islam world. Shalom from Holland

Why is our Foreign Ministry mum on the subject? PM Erdogan doesn't deny the Guardian article either. Meaning that the Guardian wrote the truth...? But who cares? It's not something important! Nobody believes a thing even if Lieberman actually said it. It's totally trivial. Sadly. Except for some posters herein...

Turkey,just a few months ago, was supposed to be a bold ally of Israel. At a time Turkey thrives to enter EU, it calls Ahmadinejad as a friend. Be it of electoral motivation or not, the fact that this is used is clear enough as to the level of public opinion there. It shows that whatever a muslim country shows friendly signs towards Israel, it will NEVER be reliable.

Whether or not Obama likes the govt. of Israel or the right wing in the USA or Fox news, the issue is supporting Israel, which is an ally of the USA. I think he is falling into Nixonian paranoia of creating an enemy's list and this will impair his actions. He must give Israel unconditional support and love and try to work out a solution with whoever is in power in all of these countries. I see this paranoia here in my hometown of Chicago; however, it may not play well on the international scene even if it works in Chicago. However, Obama's loyalty is to USA and Israel; I am worried about his appearing weak or acting weak in the face of Israel's enemies.

by smearing lieberman, erdogan is in fact smearing israel. his game is very transparent: he is attempting to help the islamic regime in iran. the fact that ergodan, whose country is a member of nato would go to such extreme to demonise an ally of the u.s., and take the part of iran, is very alarming.

Chris, while I rarely like what you have to say, you usually base your assertions on what you seem to perceive as true facts. It seems that Lieberman did not say it. Most of us did not vote for him but he is, surprisingly, turning out to be a competent minister. Attacks on him are part of a more general attempt to delegitimise Israel's Government of the Day, which, at long last, seems to be trying to look out for Israel's interests after a long slide into appeasement which, apart from engendering hostility, is distancing us from peace. The fact is that our unconditional withdrawals from Lebanon and Gaza have done nothing to promote peace: both actions merely left vacuums that were rapidly filled with regimes inimical to the populations they rule. They are certainly far more repressive than Israel's administration ever was.

You forget Israel is under the protection of a bloke called God. We are talking religious fundementalism a nuke on Gaza will leave Israel unscathed. Besides during the feeding frenzy that was Gaza Israeli politicians were suggesting more and more outrageous things to improve their positions in the polls. Everyone is forgetting why Operation Cast Lead was undertaken in the first place. Electioneering Israeli style. The bigger the body count the more seats in the Knesset.

The last month I saw several times a comercial on a Canadian TV to invest in Turky at the pick of the time. This is a joke right!! do you want Canadians to invest in Turky when you have such a PM like Erdogan ???? Wake up Turkey with all your problems in Turky he see only one thing is Israel, what a BS.with Erdogan leadership you will become VERY POOR.

You need to re-read the referenced quote , no where does it mention that Israel nuke Gaza, only that Israel use crushing force.

"What does Iran have that Turkey needs: oil." What does Turkey have that Iran needs: pipelines. The world is a bit more complicated than your one-dimensional thinking would allow.

The Armenians are bringing up another Armenian Genocide bill in Congress. This time around I think Turkey cannot count on the Jewish voters and Jewish politicians to vote against the bill. Perhaps this is due to pressure from the Armenians or because of Erdogans' actions towards Israel. No doubt Israel can do better than Lieberman, but Jews will not accept another genocide of the Jews. Turkey is free to criticize Israeli actions, but any attempts to wipe Israel off the map will be met with resistance from the Jewish people. The trouble is that by denying the Armenian genocide, then killing Kurds, the Jews and Israel are the next possible target. Erdogan's incitement against Jews and Israel are not good and only spell trouble down the road. Turkey has lost Jewish tourists, most probably support for its denial of the Armenian genocide. I don't think Europe or USA will accept a nuclear Iran; I think Turkey is still having problems with their democracy move.

"In Fact, what Erdogan said is true. Lieberman did suggest that Israel should drop a nuclear bomb on Gaza during the war." Oh, yeh? Did he say it to you in a private conversation, or you received a letter from him? What dou you think, how stupid the people are who read here in talkback? Only a moron can think of such a thing. A nuke on Gaza is the same as a nuke on Ashkelon, Sderot, etc. You probably can see the other city from the roof of a house. So, Liberman sugested to kill the people of Ashkelon and other towns in Israel?

Ahmedinajad said 'wipe israel off the map' everyone know that if he did, then iran would be a toast, so there is no eventuality of that happenning but the fact that he said it, is used to rubbish iran. I understand Lieberman did say it, more for political gains (elections)then with any intention. I would say that the consequences should be the same in both cases. P.S why the israelists always pick up on what they like and ignore what they dislike? for god sake be balanced!

...flock together. Erdogan was quoted as saying of the dictator Ahmadinejad: "There is no doubt he is our friend". Erdogan is showing now his true face: A friend of a fascist and a dictator who kills and jails the Iranian people to stay in power. Poor Turkey, where is this Islamist government taking you? The more Turkey get closer to fascist governments the further it gets from entering the EU, and the great Ataturk surely must be turning in his grave with what is being done to his legacy.

"Lieberman`s comments demonstrate radical state of Israeli govt." - Joseph Steinberg No, they just demonstrate his unfitness to be Foreign Minister. They also demonstrate that Netanyahu, by making Lieberman FM, is unfit to be a Prime Minister. Both men are not given to root solutions, rather they are overripe fruit.

Last week Turkey allowed the return of about 25-30 PKK Terrorists from the mountains in Iraq under what Erdogan calls it ?Democratic or Kurdish overture?. It was supposed to be a new start in making peace with the Kurdish minorities in Turkey. It was planned that the terrorists would denounce terror and the receiving judges would pardon them. However the Kurdish political party DTP used it as a propaganda opportunity and the terrorists were given a red carpet welcome with drums beating songs and dance displaying the pictures off Abdullah Ocalan and Kurdish flags. Not only they did not denounce terrorism but they indicated that they were happy of what they had done. Because of this Erdogan?s popularity among citizens dropped and the military indicated their anger. THIS IS WHY EEROGAN NEEDS TO ATTACK ISRAEL AGAINW WHICH IS THE ONLY COMMON GROUND AMONG MOST TURKS THESE DAYS. Unfortunately under AKP Israel has become the scapegoat for Erdogan in every one of his failures.

Ya Tantawi. This is what the Wikipedia article stated: "This threat has been interpreted by some media commentators as an allusion to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and as advocacy for a nuclear strike on Gaza" Show us where he actually said it. If not, join Candida in the non-candid category.

without a doubt lieberman is the greatest fm ever. he has exsposed all the enemies of israel and threatened them so they know who is boss. he is still working on exsposing the usa as an enemy of israel but yiu can trust him to achieve this shortly. now isreal can concentrate on the alliance with moldov and the two will tell the world to go to hell. what a great man, well done bibi in choosing this brilliant diplomat!

Took the trouble to peruse your link. Lieberman did not actually say that. That was the conclusion of the person writing the article. You are anything but candid, Candida.

Sounds like Erdogan in his obsession to be the next renowned 'for the sake of humanity' Jew-hater is having a mental breakdown. Any nuke in Gaza would make half of central Israel uninhabitable. And, the world thinks guys like this are heroes.

Libels and incitement against Jews, back-stabbing and bashing Israel, Turkey is in a fast pace towards becoming a dark-age, anti-Semitic sultanate. Kemal Attatütk is turning in his grave.

Erdogan is ignorant and naive. Turkey and muslim countries are facing McCarthyism, not Islamophobia in my opinion. After 9/11, they see muslim countries as the enemy of the USA. They see the threat of terrorists as a threat to the USA. McCarthyism may be authoritarian and not the best answer to this threat; however, the country always suffers this kind of paranoia. He should understand that people see Turkey and muslims as a threat, the threat of terrorism and to the American way of life, like the Communists were. Viet Nam, Iraq. There may be more strife ahead before this conflict is ended which makes me unhappy. We have to see how the diplomats handle this. I think a coup was the only answer to Turkey, and Erdogan is preventing this.

'If Ali`s comments are an indication then maybe slowly bit surely the Turkish public is starting to come to its senses' i think its tooo early to be this optimistic not everyone in Tukey is like Ali. Turks re very clever intelligent people but sadly most of the people especially people who votes for Erdoğan re very ignorant about Israel and Jews. i m a jew and i have a very close turkish friend. when i first meet him he thought our religious leader was the Pope. and this person is a very very well educated one. so imagine the rest. 90%of jew hating people in turkey never saw a jew before. and politicians in turkey know very well how to use peoples ignorance they come from the same place as hamas hizbullah=muslim brotherhood. there re people like Ali many of them who thinks about real interests of turkey and dont believe the theater played by these people. i hope this kind of people win this war cuz Turkey can be the greatest country in this world with the potential of its people

the real danger lies in iran's ability to infiltrate nato through erdogan. it is also becoming crystal clear that the lethal struggle between radical islam and the west is not letting up. this struggle uses israel as its focal point. however, the aim of radical islam is the west. i all attempts to appease radical islam, under any form, is bound to fail, and will further undermine western democracies.

"Israel is too small to detonate a nuke without taking out some of its neighbors." - Heather Many of the nuclear weapons produced are tactical weapons often with sub-kiloton yield. A sub-kiloton enhanced radiation weapon would have a lethal radius equal to the free mean path of neutrons or direct thermal burns with blast damage about the same radius. Thus it would be possible to 'nuke' Gaza without doing grievous harm to Israel. "Don`t the Arabs know know what they`re contemplating?! Never mind, don`t answer that." - Heather It was Mr. Lieberman who was shooting his mouth off about nuking Gaza, not any Arab.

Already the Armenian hardliners are calling for Obama's head, so let's hope he doesn't become the next Jimmy Carter and lose Turkey like Carter lost Iran.

I noticed that Sen. Robert Menendez of NJ is sponsoring the next Armenian genocide recognition bill and Jewish supporters of Turkish denial are backing down. Menendez is a Cuban who has also sponsored anti-Cuban (anti-Castro) legislation and has been threatened by the Cubans. He is not likely to buckle under Turkish threats. I have met Cuban friends who lost all their homes and property during the Cuban Revolution; many Cubans are among the hardline right wing Republicans anti-Communists because of their losses during the Revolution and voted for Bush. The Armenians also feel they have lost their homes, family members and property because of a Turkish Revolution. No doubt like the Cubans, Armenians would like to see their homeland under a democracy and one they could return to. Revolutions: Lebanon Revolution, Iranian Revolution: all Red Revolutions. Many of us are victims of these revolutions who found asylum in the USA. There is not yet light at the end of the tunnel.

"Now, PETER, where is the QUOTE?" You come up with excuses for the very plainly written word when it suits you, and manufacture false interpretations of the written word when it suits you as well.

Turkey is the latest proxie for Iran. What does Iran have that Turkey needs: oil. That is likely the deal.

As Ali mentioned Erdogan has many serious issues internally ranging from the PKK and the Kurdish matter to the illegal favors that he gave to his family such as what he calls a small ship in reality a big cargo boat to his son, illegally transferring the Sabah media company to his son in law (Calik Group), the huge unemployment rate, slow economy, growing poverty etc. The only way he divert public attention to these serious matters is to attack Israel in an outrageous manner. If Ali's comments are an indication then maybe slowly bit surely the Turkish public is starting to come to its senses.

thank goodness, and nor does Ahmadinedad. They should fight it out between themselves - big mouths at twenty paces.

There is no doubt that Lieberman made the statement regarding nuking Gaza, it was widely reported by Israeli news media at the time and is not in dispute. What is more disturbing is the dangerous level of radical extremism that exists within the current Israeli government, the level of damage it has done to Israel's image around the world and the shame that its actions have forced all of the worlds Jews to bear. Never in my lifetime would I have dreamed that Israel would have turned into what it is today.

The American Jewish Committee's David Harris, Feb. 25, 2009, in article he wrote headlined "AJC's David Harris rebuts Avigdor Lieberman (direct quote): "Last month, he advocated that Israel avoid reoccupying Gaza by fighting Hamas ?as the U.S. did with the Japanese in World War II? ? that is, with a nuclear weapon." Erdogan didn't make this up.

If in fact Lieberman made this suggestion, he should lose his position in the Cabinet. Not only is it unecessary to use a Nuke to defend Israel against Hamas but obviously nuking Gaza would be devestating for Israel itself, at least southern Israel. Having said that, I have not seen one shred of reliable evidence that Lieberman actually said what is being attributed to him. Yes, I've read what Erdogan says Lieberman said and I see some apologists for Arab terror supporting Erdogan's statement but I haven't seen a link, a source, a time and place for the statement. Erdogan is losing it. He considers the terror government in Terhan, a government that terrorizes its own people, Turkey's friend. Good for Erdogan. When he was elected there was considerable apprehension that his Islamic views would impact on Turkey's conduct to the disadvantage of Turkey. This is just the beginning and Mr. Erdogan we love it.

In fact if you READ your own source it says he threatened to bomb the "Aswan Dam" the word nuclear was never used. If fact you don't need a N bomb to blow up a Dam. Get your facts straight. This is typical of the Israel bashers, misquote a source hoping nobody will find out. They try to make it appear well researched by quoting a source knowing many people will just believe it. Gotcha!!! BTW have you noticed that there is no source given for this alleged threat. He probably NEVER said it, and if he did I doubt it would have been to Turkey's prime minister. Give me a break, this is just a BS non-story.

Mr. Erdogan With declarations that Ahmadineyad is your friend you will never be accepted as a member of the EU. Turkey will be always a country of the third world, till you learn a bit of diplomacy.

Well it seems that the Army in Turkey now falls in line with it's government , Don't forget they are Muslims mostly,it is easy to incite them and anyone else against Jews and Israel.

Probably yes, an Atomic bomb in Gaza will devastate also Israel and we do not have 72 virgins waiting for us. Unfortunately Turkey is become an Islamic republic and Mr. Erdogan an Ayatollah.

The Guardian reports that Erdogan "chided the Israeli foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, who he said had threatened to use nuclear weapons against Gaza." The absence of quote marks does not detract from the fact that the Guardian reports Erdogan as having made a statement to that effect.

The only answer is by Johnboy #54 citing "the Guardian". It's true, they say FM Lieberman actually said it. Why is our Foreign Ministry mum on the subject? PM Erdogan doesn't deny the report either. Meaning that PM Erdogan and the Guardian said the truth... Boy! What research we've got to do! After all, nuking Gaza is not such a trivial item, when declared by Israel's Foreign Minister. Or is it?

Israel has used a host of banned and controversial weaponry upon their neighbors. Land mines, white phosphorus, and cluster bombs are only part of the picture. Gaza physicians have also reported fatal injuries leaving marks completely unknown to them following an Israeli attack. If Israel has weapons sitting on the shelf which they do not use, they feel that they are not getting their moneys worth, even if those weapons were obtained free of charge from America. One can only wonder how the Israeli military yearns to put their nuclear arsenal to work.

I forget to add he is''Liberman'' another populist too but if Mr. Erdogan gonna say about that he must show reaction when he said something not months ago when he start to lose support!

Avigdor Lieberman, the bar bouncer in Latvia turned foreign minister of Israel!! I cannot believe the volume of posyers here defending him. This guy is a lunatic. I bet that Hertzel and David Bin Gurion are turning upside down in their grave yard to see this thug as the the chief diplomat of the state they created.

#45 How do you know Lieberman said it. Were you there? The fact is that EVERY Israeli knows this is ridiculous as Nuking Gaza would have killed tens of thousands in the South of Israel and many more in the whole country over the years. This sort of dangerous comment is on a par with the Nazis saying Jews had horns.

Lieberman and Netanyahu are the problem of Israel. They will and say worse than that. They should be impeached and be barred from politics

directly from the leftist Israel bashing rag link you quoted. "but chided the Israeli foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, who he said had threatened to use nuclear weapons against Gaza."

Stella, please stick to your non political career and do not shoot off unguided messages here. Turkey is and will remain a strategic ally of Israel. The Turks are not willing to back up a bankrupt foolish government in Israel.

putting his foot in it. He did in fact talk about bombing the Aswan dam and his remarks about crushing Gaza, in juxtaposition to A bombs in Japan, gives a pretty clear picture of his thought process. We all know people like that in our own lives. The ones who always have an ignorant layman's quick-fix solution to everything. 'We should assassinate Ahmadinejad/Gadaffi/Gerry Adams. Just drop an A bomb on this and that country. All the x people should be rounded-up and deported', etc., etc. Political pygmies like that are generally shunned by society, as are the extremist little fringe parties they support. Except in Israel it seems. There people happily vote for the fringe wingnuts and the government happily appoints the principal ignoramus as Foreign Minister, of all posts! The chickens are coming home to roost though, as no government wants to be seen talking to him.

Islamist-Jihadist Turkey is now in bed with Islamist-Jihadist Iran. Sunnism and Shiasm are now united under one flag-Islamist-Jihadism-the menace to the Free World. NATO should kick Turkey out from the Alliance. Obama's naive Cairo speech has emboldened the Islamist-Jihadist world to become more belligerent.

Not a big fan of Lieberman ( understatement of the century) but he was not an Israeli cabinetmember at the moment Cast Lead was launched. Other than that, it's a pretty vague accusation. Lieberman has been talking non-sense for years!

Hopefully Haaretz will not censor my post. Here we have a statement made by a feisty head of Modern Turkey. He has now become rather infamous for raging like any good hypocrite will. So after attempting to wipe out the Kurds, {still his dream} he is now attempting to rebuild Turkey's place in the Moslem world, and who knows maybe even rebuild the Ottomon Empire. What is interesting about this latest hoopla, is that it is based on a lie. We can all go to the source of the statement, which Candida so helpfullyt gave us. Lieberman does not mention nuking Gaza, yet this does not stop the Israel Bashers from pretending he did. Serving as what Vladimir Lenin called "useful idiots" they help to spread the latest of big lies while supporting the actions of a fundamentalist Moslem leader, who has made himself into a non-player in the Syrian-Israel peace process. it is obvious that most anti-israel respondents are propelled not by peace, but by the joy of incitement.

PSM: "Markof Lewiston refresh my memory did he say drop an A bomb??" Did Erdogan? I've gone to the Guardian website, and while it certainly mentions that "he said" that it doesn't actually QUOTE him saying that. PSM: "did he say those words." And would you be so kind as to provide me with the proof that Erdogan actually said that he has been reported as saying? Here's the report: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/26/turkey-iran1 Now, PETER, where is the QUOTE?

Would the headline have not read 'Israel Threatens to Nuke Gaza'? Such is the subtle bigotry of headlines. So is the fact that Haaretz had covered Lieberman's comment without the inflammatory headline. Mr. Lieberman is a loose cannon, clearly unfit to be in a crucial cabinet position. His finger is not on the button. His comments are the ravings of a diseased mind, not the statements of a responsible spokesman for a nation.

as Lieberman is for Israel. They both shoot their mouths off too much. Neither one belong in such high offices. In other news Turkey, Syria and Iran are all screwing with Iraq cutting off water in the South to the crops. Where is the Turkish Army?

Dear Mr Erdogan Everytime when you lose support or when people show anger about what you did you speaking about Israel,Israel and Israel even you can check comment from Turkish News websites how people are start to be SICK AND TIRED. We seen what happen when pkk terrorists are turning back but you people tried to hide,about economical issues you people are tryin to hide,when something happen when your kids or your deputy kids start to be rich you start hide even as i read Israel blocked a new oil way issue and which you give to CALIK GROUP without awarding contract as i hear from Turkish Jews who living in Israel. I am Turkish Citizen Turk Muslim and totally proud with my background with my religion but Mr. Erdogan you cant speak like a PARTY leader when you are prime minister of a country first do about your responsibilities than speak about other countries,everyweek when you have problem or when your popularism down you speakin about Israel Israel and Israel.

He got elected bcz he said it. This is the way politics work in Israel. The number of votes a politician gets in Israel depends on the amount of hate he/she has toward the Palestinians.

Well, it is all about the will of the people.

Turkey and Jordan or only stoking the flames of hate at this time. Why would they do such a thing? and at this particular time...

I think what the Turkish PM said about Liberman is true. He threaten to drop a nuclare bomb on the High Dam in the South of Egypt some years ago. So a man with thit way of thinking is a very dangrous to the security of mankind.

This accusation is as irresponsible as the accusations of extremist trying to inflame temple mount. As with the youth and clerics inciterment who should be isolated and excluded from temple mount , so erdogan should be isolated and excluded diplomatically as long as he repeats these inciteful and inflammatory statements

How does erdogan know he did, did he confide in him?

and more importantly, that it hadn't been reported in media published in Israel I can understand if Israelis are disgusted by the Prime Minister of Turkey comments. But, the fact is Lieberman did say it, and Israelis then voted him into government. So if Erdogan refuses to deal with the current Israeli government and decides that his country would do better to have closer ties with Iran whose fault is that?

Erdogan is a liar and drama queen. Ignore him. Erdogan is merely engaging in anti-Israel rhetoric to deflect from his own short comings. He regards Ahmadinejad as his friend. I hope that he is not going to try to emulate Ahmadinejad's electoral fraud techniques... Hopefully the Turkish electorate will turf out Erdogan. In the mean time, it would be better for Israeli politicians not to be seen anywhere near Erdogan. Erdogan's hissy fits are an embarrassment and he can do greater damage to himself if he is ignored.

Nuking Gazza means nuking Israel. Even a dumb mongoloid knows this. The purpose of Erdogan is tu put Israel at the same level of Iran while dealing with nuclear threats. He saw that calling Israel"Child killers" was not enoug, therefore invented the "Israel will nuke Gazza" lie. Even Gazzan Hamas has no imafgination enough to compete with this Turkish PM wishing to enter Turkey into the axis of evil together with Iran, Syria, Hizbullah and Hamas. What a pity for Turkey.

Everybody just needs to be quiet. Leaders need to be neither seen nor heard from unless what they say is really important. It's just plain stupidity to go out and say just anything that's on your minds because loose lips nowadays can start wars and get a lot of innocent people killed unnecessarily. If leaders run amuck then they should be voted out of office. Leaders need to be able to get together nowadays and have a clear unified vision for the future of the World. It's just plain irresponsible if they run wild and don't understand that whatever they say will be held under a magnifying glass. "Never say anything without a lawyer examining it first," should be a motto. Lawyers may not know everything but well trained ones should understand consequences! This World is just too small People! I can say stupid things here once in a while but then again everybody knows I am nuts and absolutely a Nobody! LOL!

did he say those words.

Can you read? Reread the article. Whilst his words were poorly chosen there is no reference to using nukes. It's the same old story - once the lie is out there how many will go and check the facts? Probably the same BS with Erdogen - small white lies....

Mark of Lewiston Lieberman dont care about that is not jews living in gaza and the little town next to it? he dont mind to evacuated as long he can get read is many Palestinian he can. This man and this govermentthat Israel put in power is the danger for the all world not just arab-palestinian. hope country take notice.

and Assad and away from the West. Good luck Turkey when Edrogan when he gets off the democracy bus.

How did you know that Liberman never sais so. Did he tell you?

ERDOGAN IS A LIER. HE IS EQUALLY DANGEROUSE AS aHMEDINAJAD, ONLY TJAY HE DRESSES UP DIFFERNTLY. HE HAS PLACED ISLAMISTS IN THE ARMY HEMNCE ATATURK LEGACY IS DEAD AND BURRIED. EURIOPE, NATO NHAS A PROBLEM. HE MUST BE OUSTED!!!

Muslim Brotherhood of turkey

does not bring out the best in people. Even if they are only ranting in opposition and have no power in military decisions.

Erdogan is a trouble maker. Whats he up to All this provocation sucking up to Iran OY drama ahead

I don't like Lieberman, but that would be quite some stunt seeing that he wasn't in government at the time. And even if he was, that would be quite some feat to nuke Gaza without taking out the Southern Israel as well. In short, I don't believe Erdogan!

now that this guy shows his lunacy in all true colours. is he stupid enough to think Israel will nuke gaza with Sderot,Ashkelon,Ofakim,Ashdod,Beersheba close by??? He has seriously lost the plot, some Turkeys make a sound"Gooble,Gooble, this silly Turkey is ranting on like Josef Goebbels. But the Turks voted for him so they must live with whatever happens to their secular state through new adjustments. I see he is buddy,buddy,with Achmadinjedinknight, wrong move on his part ;-)

I've read the website which Candida mentioned: http://israelinsider.ning.com/profiles/blogs/lieberman-do-unto-hamas-as-the As I understand it, Lieberman said that Israel should fight the Hamas until they are completely defeated, just like the Americans did to the Japanese in WWII. He then mentioned that the U.S. dropped A-Bombs on the Japanese but never said that Israel should do the same!

Turkey does not want to be seen as giving permission when the Israelis use Turkish airspace.

What he meant is that Israel should use overwhelming force to extract an unconditional surrender from Hamas, similar to the surrender the US got from Japan. He compared the concept of overwhelming force leading to unconditional surrender, not the specific weapon. Any other comparison would be impossible since, due to the physical proximity, any weapon of mass destruction would destroy Israeli settlements as well. What Lieberman really said: http://israelinsider.ning.com/profiles/blogs/lieberman-do-unto-hamas-as-the

like Lieberman. He use words like bullets. Remains to be seen if his present harsh attitude toward Israel will soon be again offset by a pragmatic policy of mutual interests, or if all this means the beginning of a programmatic political switch on a dangerous Islamist anti-Israeli slope. Add more fuel to fire could make it out of control.

Israel is too small to detonate a nuke without taking out some of its neighbors. Don't the Arabs know know what they're contemplating?! Never mind, don't answer that.

Has been done by Arab leaders all time. If Lieberman said such a thing then he is stupid. Gaza is an hour away from Jerusalem, not some distant land. That he could and would do it is another thing altogether- it is impossible and wrong. Saying so in anger - understandable, let's get the Arab list of angry horrible sayings, and then add Turkey. Be fair . Lieberman is not so diplomatic in his language and too much off the cuff without thinking through his words at times.

Hamas is their sister organization in same Islamist movement. What did you expect?

a nuclear bomb in Gaza would affect all of Israel- water, ecology, everything and every place would be affected. Gaza is within an hour's drive from Jerusalem, not some far of place. Not to mention the ecology of the entire Med sea region. What a stupid thing to say. Turkey is huge in comparision. Israelis are not stupid.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/959532.html

I sincerely believe that Mr. Lieberman should be removed from our govt and from the important position he holds. He is maybe good enough to act as a bouncer in a nightclub that is all!

Not sure if the moon is in Venus or Pluto.... but this is one bizarro news-day. Gadhafi for one, wants the Palestinians to develop a - bomb. Turkish PM Erdogan.... an intellect of higher learning, with a straight face claims the ever-logical Lieberman threaten to use nukes on the Gaza strip. Now there's the way to stabilize the middle east. It appears, Rabin's dead and buried wife wrote letters calling Netanyahu a liar. Wow, if that's not an understatement I ever hoyd. To top all that... my favorite journalist Bradley Bursten will elevate Soupy Sales and Rod Sterling to a prophet status. Honestly.... I'm not sure if this is a dream-state or the Twilight Zone is not that far away.

No we got Erdogan, Lieberman, Netinyahoo, Ahmadinajad, HAMAS all in power. What a deadly combination. No wonder Obama is turning gray!

pity about turkey. the turks are a good people. erdogan is more persian than turk now.

Is he only one that herd that Lieberman said so? Who needs such an ally????

Mr Erdogan is playing a similar game as his friend Mr.Ahmadinejad. The Guardian has reported that FM Lieberman planned to nuke Gaza, which means that part of Southern Israel would have succumbed to said blast/radiation. Of course Mr. Lieberman,now finally as a Foreign Minister cannot override the PM, DM and the Israeli Cabinet/Knesset but also the military High Command, unlike apparently as in the case of todays once secular Turkey. That is impossible in Israel. One cannot for a moment understand whether Mr.Erdogan acted on information from his own political party or whether said BS was relayed via Tehran. Whatever the motive, one can only surmise that relations between Mr.Erdogan and Israel are on a high speed free fall. The question remains, has Mr.Erdogan convinced the Turkish military leaders that Iran is a true friend.? One can only doubt said relationship, yet Turkey has a standing in NATO, that is where lies the danger. Iran infiltrating NATO.? Nostradamus 2012..?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avigdor_Lieberman#Statements_about_Egypt

Gaza like Syria did Hama or Russia did Chechnya. "Obliterate" like Hamas calls to o with Israel Turkey are being led away from the West,into the arms and quagmire of M.E. despots. Can Edrogan really be that ignorant about the human rights abuses of his new friends or fallout?

In Fact, what Erdogan said is true. Lieberman did suggest that Israel should drop a nuclear bomb on Gaza during the war.

Haaretz did report Lieberman's statement and it just proved how disconnected from reality Lieberman really is. Lieberman apparently does not know about fallout or downwinder syndrome or doesn't care that such an action would render the West Bank, Sderot, Beer Sheva and Ashkelon uninhabitable. I thought he was old enough to remember Chernobyl. But maybe it affected his brain.

ight now !

Why all the fuss over Erdogan mentioning something that is accurate? http://israelinsider.ning.com/profiles/blogs/lieberman-do-unto-hamas-as-the

Absolute rubbish and if such a threat was made,it would never have been carried out. Erdogan is a trouble maker. To nuke Gaza would be like nuking all of Israel as well.

It doesn't take a genius to realize Turkey's relationship with Israel is going down the tubes. Unless a secular force ie the military, gets involved either openly or behind the scenes.... ..remember, Turkey is a member of NATO... The turkish military cannot be happy with the direction Islamic Turkey is heading.

a shame to Israel; his appointment as the Foreign Minister in these tormented times is the worst blow to Israel since the summer 2006 war. Somebody should kick him out.

Israel would have used nuke in Gaza if they could have gotten away with it.Hamas would have surrendered without israel losing even one single soldier.

I don't believe that Lieberman threatened to nuke anybody and shame on anyone that says so. Iran and Korea are the only crazies who say and would.

said anything like it. Does Erdogan hears voices in his head?

regime in the world.