Report: Turkey warns Lebanon that Israel may be planning attack

Turkey must sever all ties with the Zionist entity NOW. We must join our Iranian and Arab brothers and sisters and oppose Zionist and western imperialism and oppression and domination.

I apologise to my israeli brothers,please don't blame our nation for beeing an arab fanatic thanks to Erdogan, Erdogan will leave soon in 2011.Then our relations can be better again

If Israel thinks that war planes can take on well concealed or spread out units .. think again. It has already been proven planes can only do so much.. When well armed well spread out units fight you .. you just have to fight with foot soldiers... and does Israel have such soldiers to really take on fighters like Hamas or Hez? I dont think so.

The Israeli press say no such thing, infact it is repeatedly said that as long as the border is respected and quiet there will be no such need. If Hezbo respects (remember they started the last war by kidnapping and murdering three Israeli soldiers from the Israeli side of the border)the border and keeps the peace then there will be no problems. It has been said high and low. If Hezbo starts firing rockets at Israel of course Israel will not sit back and do nothing- no country would. Turkey is playing a stupid political game that is dangerous. Dont they know that this is the middle east and words damage peace???

And finally, greetings to my Jewish friends. Most of you have Turk bloods in your veins. Remember that the only Jewish state in history were Khazars, i.e. a Turkish country. For this, and many other reasons, Turks will never be your enemies. Truth though is truth. Take some of Erdogan's words as friendly advice. I understand that they are a bit too harsh, but it is your politicians that made him this mad. Especially if it is true that Israel was behind some of the coup attempts against his government... Hope u can settle all the issues of your country and live in peace...

Continues... So yea, the military was the only undemocratic institution left in Turkey, and Erdogan took care of that, too! What a great leader is he! And seriously, my Jewish friends, he is talking about facts when he criticizes Israel. Think about it this way: The guy did everything to make peace between Israel and Syria and such, and the moment he felt that he succeeded, Israel attacked Gaza, AND without letting Erdogan know. Anyone would get angry in his shoes. And there are rumors in Turkish news that Israel helped a potential coup against him. I normally dont believe this kinda news, but given Erdogan's attitude, it might be true. If Israel was indeed behind a coup attempt against him, he will dedicate the rest of his life to get the revenge of this action. And no, don't hope for more coups; Erdogan completely took care of it; thanks to him, we have a more democratic Turkey now.

I am Turkish, and am in favor of Turkey's current government, and Mr. Erdogan. I can't thank this Ayalon person more; the support for Erdogan in the country was decreasing way too much, and everyone sees him as too harsh, and now, people started again to think he is so right in his criticisms. Oh btw, you cannot generalize and say that supporters of Erdogan are anti-Israeli; I, myself, love Israelis and Jews, and would like Turkey and Israel to stay friends. At the same time though, your insult to my country made Erdogan look again like a hero in the eyes of Turks, and made him a necessity for this country. And he is not Islamist or anything. So stop with that already. He is a muslim (and 1 million times more so than I am), but has no secret or whatever agenda to make the country Islamic. Turkey is a very secular country, and it will always stay that way. Erdogan is actually making the country more and more democratic. Our military was the only non-democratic institution left.

I read a lot responses to this article and sometimes it makes me sad. There are a lot of ideological embellished people out there, lacking logic, historical knowledge and empathy. Especially Tony from Texas seems like the one I tried to describe. How can anyone defend Israel without reservation? It is not that innocent. Think about all the illegal settlements on soil that doesn't belongs to Israel. Every president of the us asked them to stop the settlements and they did at least for some weeks and started going on. What did BN said in his inaugural speech, East-Jerusalem will never be Palestine? New peace negotiations must not depend on settlement stops? This is crazy. Besides, why does Israelis and the rest of the western world believe, that once Iran gets an A-bomb, it will use it to destroy Israel? Nothing else than dumb media transmitted lies. Why should they do it? To get wiped out immediately after their attack by hundreds of nukes by the US oder Israel itself? Makes no sense.

As we turks, it s clear that Peace in ME is Necessity.. If he wants us to vote for him, Erdogan should go on to pressure accross to Israel to stop attacking neighbours and Palestine. If he can not we will choose another as chief of turks who is brave enough to shout about Israel's wrong politics in every platform.. If Israel goes on to be wall front of the peace, conflicts will never end..

As a jew in diaspora, I have never ever felt more humiliated then this in my entire life. Ayalon is either a Turkish secret agent or he totally lost it as a deputy. I always believed that Israel was made up of rational and strong people, now I feel betrayed. Keep doing like this and you can't keep jewish people living in Israel. You should immediately find real men to work for the government !

It seems that Israel is the last country to know she's about to attack Lebanon. Sorry guys,I hate to say that,but you must postpone invasion for a while because Israel is busy helping destroyed Haiti right now.Something that you and your boss would never do. Psst!Does Hezbollah still have IDF uniforms???? ;-)

'How long into the future before you turn on Israel when they are no longer of use to you ?' very soon i hope :)

'It is also time for Turkey to give Kurds = rights and apologise for the Armenian massacre.' Why should you care ? Have you apologized to the people of Iraq & Afghanistan yet, or Cuba, or any one of the other 50+ countries you have meddled with over the last 50 or so years ? In days gone by, you supported Saddam, you supported a nuclear Iran, the list goes on and on. How long into the future before you turn on Israel when they are no longer of use to you ?

rockets at Israel.It is also time for Turkey to face west and stop facing the rejectionist group in the ME particularly Iran. You will ruin your country if this trend continues. Look around the ME and see if you want Turkey to be like its neighbors. It is also time for Turkey to give Kurds = rights and apologise for the Armenian massacre.

society. they have been trying for years to Islamify Turkey. what better way than to blame Israel and play the Islamist game. Harriri inspite of trying to fit in is still western oriented as is the majority of Lebonese.

And what benefits has Iran received? The one main benefit is nuclear energy for peacful uses. It hasnt even come close to that. And by your perspective, if Iran withdraws from the NPT, does that mean she can have nuclear weapons?

With your logic, one should also give guns and amunitions to the Miami Mafia who may be after your goods.....and lives. Only fair as you say.

"What will be seared into the consciousness of the world will be the image of Israel as a blood-stained monster, ready at any moment to commit war crimes and not prepared to abide by any moral restraints. This will have severe consequences for our long-term future, our standing in the world, our chance of achieving peace and quiet. In the end, this war is a crime against ourselves too, a crime against the State of Israel." Uri Avnery, 2009 "Until recently, Turkey had been a solid ally of Israel's from the Muslim world. However, Ankara has taken a stance against Israel over last year's war in the Gaza Strip, leading to a deterioration of ties." Haaretz, 2010 Avnery's is certainly among the wisest voices in Israel. Too bad Israelis take him for granted.

"Those who call themselves 'supporters of Israel' are in reality supporters of its moral degeneration and probably ultimate destruction" Noam Chomsky "Pay attention that he is sitting in a lower chair and we are in the higher ones, that there is only an Israeli flag on the table and that we are not smiling." Danny Ayalon Israel should thank Erdogan and take his advice and "put itself in order" and "be more just and on the side of peace", lest Israelis wish to go down the road the Crusaders did. Do we not remember where this road leads? Step 1: Moral Degeneration -- Check Step 2 ...

day before the attack on Gaza, Turkey and Israel were talking about Peace,then came the attack. Now put any sensible person in his shoes, while he is convincing the syrians and arabs that Israel can be trusted, the dayafter War on Gaza front started, just as the OLD PROVOCATIONS, and PREEMPTIVE WARS. That can make anybody mad, and THEY (the TURKISH) was just M A D , M A D , M A D .

Could well be that he isalso telling the truth about the Lebanon WAR 111.

The Phalangists were sent in by Israel [Sharone] They were flown in by Israel, Israel sealed of the exits of both refugee camps. They lit up the camps with flares all night[ testimony of nurse Belgian inquiry] like a sports stadium. Lebanon was occupied by Israel at the time. Testimony has proven High ranking officials knew what was going on inside the camps.

gaza war is excuse to move into radical islamic camp.

"The only way possible is to help kurds get their independent state" You what? We can't even help the Palestinians to get their own state, never mind anyone else!

Now, the talk is about Israel and its nukes. It is about time that the world started talking about it. Israel used to be the spoiled child. Well, now, no country wants to be associated with the action of this child. Actions of Israel spoke louder than words in Gaza. I am of the opinion that if Israel to keep its nuke it is only fair that the whole region should delep nukes too. Some are. Hammas and Hizbollah should have that option too to be fair.

merely a regional fact of life.and those presently lambasting erdogan,or any one who so predicts,will heartily support it.

Israel doesn't dare anymore to flex its muscles (and its empty threats) against superpower Iran. So, the israeli empty threats are now directed to Hezbollah.

Mark Lincoln, with either choice, it would lose. If Gaza, what little of its humanity it still has and if Lebanon, thousands of lives. Yacov, the attack and abduction happened because Israel reneged on its promise made during the Tennebaum swap, to release the last of the Lebanese prisoners and Israel's reputation of releasing prisoners only in swaps. Hizbullah was left with no other choice to get its people back. If there is a rematch, your area would be completely bypassed.

this puppet was easy to work on as it was raised in similar school to its master. furthermore , its' a very attractive puppet since it knows more about Israeli military than any other Moslem country. Is this betrayal or not ? One cant' even trust one's cousins anymore, can one ?

Jojo, I understand your anger to Mr. Erdogan but Turks in general are very nice people. And please don't stop going to Ayhan';s Shish Kebab. He is a very nice fella.

Is Turkey joining Iran and other Islamists ? It could be, Erdogan seems bent on spoiling the special relationship Turkey had with Israel. As the Islamists/Jihadists declared war on Israel and the West in general, and they declared they will not stop until the world turns to Islam, then what is the world to do, let alone little Israel, dead in the middle of theJihadists/Wahabis/Iranian/Hizbolah/Hamas,Moslem Brotherhood/Taliban/AlQaeda and many others. Israel can only continue as before , defending itself through security fences and preventive air surgical targets . It is not big enough to do more than that. Meanwhile, the more powerful Europeans are more interested in football, TV and local politics than worldwide view that would imply defending against the slow but sure and gradual onslaught of Jihadists into European cities. No room here for comments on USA/Barak Hussain Obama's policy on this subject; his book should be read to know about him.

Since Turkey became a member of the UN Security Cauncil Mr. Erdogan started to feel a little too confident of himself. The fact is - unfortunately - until the term at UNSC is over he will continue like that and Israel must calm him one way or another by giving him a few favors. This is how things work in Turkey. one interesting example: When Mr Erdogan was working on some business issues in Germany a few years ago openly asked a bribe to be paid to his party in the form of a campaign bus. There is also teh famous case of Siemens bribes that was divulged around the world but the part involving Turkish bribes are still kept secret on the request of the Erdogan administration. ME Politics! What can you do?

Erdogan will take away the character of Turkey as an open society. Ataturk's dream will die. He wants to become a leader in the muslim world .

Obviously entirely the fault of the Jews...

If Israel had plans to attack Lebanon they would not tell it to Mr. Erdogan. In fact wasn't it the fact that Mr. Erdogan's anger that led to Davos was caused fcrom Ehud Olmert's visit to Turkey abd right after this starting cast Lead as a surprise to Erdogan? Or is it that now Mr. Erdogan - the leader of the so called Freedom of speech champion Turkey - started to illegally monitor telephone conversations in Israel also? I am being ironic of course. The serious question is this? Why is Mr. Erdogan spreading that kind of very dangerous and baseless rumors in the region? Is he trying the provoke Hezbollah to do something against Israel so that an unfortunate war would really start? Turkey is a good nation but it is in bad hands.

PS: From Jojo. PRT WASH NY The communists 'Warned' Egypt of impending, imminent attack from Israel. Rusky type lies,as usual; with dire consequences.

Israel didn't develop their nukes, they were given to them.

I do not remember when Israel threatened a fellow UN member with nuclear destruction of all its citizens as Iran has many times. The soul purpose of the Iran Nuclear Program is to destroy Israel. Israel's nuclear program is a deterrent against her arab neighbors. How can the world be so blind to the fact that Iranian aggresion may lead to the end of the middle east and therefore world chaos will follow. When the world turns a blind eye to Iran as it did with Nazi Germany the consequences will be devastating. The US must open its eyes and do what needs to be done to protect world peace before the clock strikes 12 and its all over. Good will always triumph over evil but sometimes at the last second.

israel must cut relation wih turkey, israel should be more strong ..why allways israel acts with low profile.. why ?? turkey has to apologize to israel...

It's obvious that turks are pushing every country in the ME against Israel and supporting any islamo-fashist regime and organization which stand against the jews.Turkey became a major player against Israel and is trying to organize the arabs and unite them.But the question is who created this monster and how to get rid of it.The only way possible is to help kurds get their independent state.Turks are uniting with Iran and Syria against Israel and Ottoman ambitions are on the table agan.

It's obvious that turks are pushing every country in the ME against Israel and supporting any islamo-fashist regime and organization which stand against the jews.Turkey became a major player against Israel and is trying to organize the arabs and unite them.But the question is who created this monster and how to get rid of it.The only way possible is to help kurds get their independent state.Turks are uniting with Iran and Syria against Israel and Ottoman ambitions are on the table agan.

Exaggerated forces, Mr Erdogan? Am I to assume that mortars, canons, planes, armor and an " exaggerated " troop contingent are not being used against your 'damn neighbors', the Kurds?.In that case Genl. Eisenhower and Marshal Zhukov should be labeled "War Criminals",as they both used EXAGERATED FORCES & WEAPONS against world renown killers. And the Americans should be indited twice for not revealing to the Imperial Japanese Army that they have ' super fortress' bombers, many aircraft carriers with 100's of fighters aboard. Last but not least, not to tell Hiro Hito and Hitler that the Atomic bomb is almost ready?.Mr. Erdogan, until about a year ago, you had my sympathy. Today I think that you are NUTS, but so is Peres.

The bottom line is that Erdogan is an enemy of Israel who is not to be trusted. What does Barak think he will accomplish on his coming trip to Turkey? Nothing . And BenEliezer is always talking about what a friend Turkey is to Israel. Funny how these so-called friends act!!!

you may just get it! It will be pretty ugly this time, in Israel and in Lebanon, if Hizballa and Israel go at it. I am sure hizaballa has upgraded and restocked its weaponry to reach all of Israel. Lebanon will also suffer. But we all know, there is no decisive and final victory. Only outcome will be a weakened and hated hizballa. Israel must first wait for hizballa to shoot first. Either way, this time, you have a stronger hamas, a pissed off Turkey, a pissed off Iran and probably Syria too.

Turkey is not the enemy of Israel. the current government is! and they loose too much support right now. israel shouldnt do silly things that angers neural turks which would make the current government stronger. Israel should respond to turkey for sure but in diplomatic and respectful ways which wouldnt anger the PEOPLE. Turks re clever and able to realize that the current gov is evil! they need time thanks to ayalons stupidity the government gained the power they lost in one year in 2 days! maybe that was planned. cuz im sure that the current gov is backed by US government. maybe its just a play.

"Pay attention that he is sitting in a lower chair and we are in the higher ones, that there is only an Israeli flag on the table and that we are not smiling." How can he say he didn't intentionally offend the turk.

the story was not exactly true as the swedish paper reported. it was not IDF who did it. The goverment did not permitted those harvesting doctors. it was an illegal thing and they ve been punished. in many countries there re doctors doing unethical acts. in few country they re punished in a real way. the story was a lie it wasnt israeli government who did it it was some israeli doctors who re not representative of all israel. and the part of that story that they only harvest palestinian organs is a complete blood libel cuz they did it to anyone jew pal durzi christians. and unethical docs were punished. so yes it was a complete blood libel. the other subject i cant talk about it cuz i have no idea on that one. this one is a libel cuz israel never attacked lebanon without being attacked first before. why would they mess with hizbulla now?what would be their gain? they will loose more support in world and accomplish nothing by broking the cease fire. they would never do such mistake.

When the organ transplant story broke we heard blood libel Jew hater antisemetic. A few months later we hear it was true Israel was illeagaly harvesting organs [Yehuda Hiss] When the news of Sabra and Shantila broke the official resonse of the Israele government was to call it a blood libel against the IDF.

You cannot be more Arab than the Arabs themselves. It shows not that you care for one side but how much you hate the other.

Ahmendinejad has his hand up Erdogan's backside. The puppet's lips are moving and it sounds like Farsi to me.

... Europe, America, but also with Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hezbollah. Member of NATO here but against it elsewhere. And so on...behind his bonhomie, a dangerous, unreliable character.

Why do all of you pro pals talkbackers suggest that we are itching for war? Are you so deprived of reasons to spew your hate of Israel you wish for death and war.We are not the ones wishing to murder innocents.During the 2006 war instigated by Hezbollah I distinctively remember the mortars and 1600+ katyushas fired on me and my family and ALL of the innocent civilians Jews, Christians and Moslem Arabs from the morning of the kidnapping here in Maalot we heard the gunfire of the ambush

Turkey,tastes good on Thanksgiving. all other times it is a inferior substitude for real beef.

What a hypocite, slaughtering the Kurds and refusing to grant them a country of their own and defending the Gazans. I hope the Turkish military will not put up with this idiot anymore.

The CIA and the Mossad and all the western intelligence services should work diligently on encouraging the Turkish military to stage a coup and throw out Erdogan and all the Muslim fanatics from Turkey before it is too late. Erdogan and GUL must not be in power anymore. They are a real threat to the existence of Israel like Iran. May the good Lord cause the enemies of Israel turn their weapons against each other.

I fully agree. Readers, listen to this guy, he's been paying attention when most commentators have been blabbering nonsense.

The latest news from Lebanon and Gaza, is that Hezbollah has mobilized tens of thousands of fightres to take the war inside Israel. They will bomb Israel with tens of thousands of rockets and they will invade the northern borders while Hams in Gaza do the same thing. They will not limit themselves in the next war to defensive measures but they will be on the offensive. I don't know if anyone in authority will read this email but I hope someone will and act accordingly. I am not a spy but I am just relating what I hear coming from Lebanon. Be careful and may the Good Lord give you victory over your enemies.

an aggressive mafia is conquering Turkey freedom will be lost ordinary people remain passive will last 30-70 years unless the west assists an alternative leadership to curb the Tehran style takeover of Turkey

Turkey are right Lebanon is risking a lot with Hezbollah in their government. Israel has already warned the Lebanese government, if Hezbollah is playing with fire Lebanon will be burn too. Regarding Turkey if we sell our weapon (Drones) to them we are two times stupid. First because we apologize for Ayalon behavior, second because we are give technology that tomorrow can be used against us.

it doesnt feel any real threats from there. Turkey just tries to heat things up after the insult. what a great ally openly insulting Israel in every country that they go and telling blood libels about israel. its for sure that Israel lost Turkey under Erdogan(our great dictator hail before him).

Israel might not need a war right now, but Bibi wants one. The big question is who to attack first, Gaza or Lebanon?

A Turkish TV show which depicted Israeli agents kidnapping babies. A German newspaper which alleged that the IDF harvested organs from dead Arabs. These stories had Israeli up in arms and created international incidents recently. As for reality, we had the Gaza op, in which the IDF killed hundreds of innocent Palestinians, including entire families. Israelis are bored with that story and don't care to discuss it, except to justify then dismiss it. The reality is far more damning than the depictions. The greatest horror is that Israelis don't seem to notice.

that the Israelis want to attack Lebano because during Lebanon2 it was percieved to have lost, and Operation Cast Lead did not renew the socalled deterrence. The biggest clue was last week when Israel complained about static bombs placed 1000 metres inside Lebanon from the border with Israel. Israel is using 1701 to prevent Lebanon having the means to defend itself. Plus Netanyahu will want a war to avoide the peace process, and he cannot fulfill his election promise to attack Iran.

Typical of the antisemetic crowd to play the NPT card. Israel never signed the agreement and never got any benefits from it. The Moslem country Iran DID sign it and DID get benefits from it. Turkey should be asking her fellow Moslem country to keep her word.

I doubt that anyone believes Israel is NOT planning an attack. Remember the furor over a defensive line which couldn't possibly threaten Israel unless it attacks?

What Erdogan is advocating makes him one of few courageous leaders who deserve respect. Very logical and right to the point, war crimes should not be tolerated, oppressed people should de defended, and nuclear weapons should be prohibited... who is not in agreement?

This individual is an idiot of the highest level,who runs with the foxes and hunts with the hounds. Not to be taken seriously.

He sounds quite reasonable to me. Israel must change its policy regarding other countries in the region or forever live in conflict, starting with a just settlement with the Palestinians.

who is afraid to open the pandora box?

Erdogan tells the truth..What else could be said on top of truth ? It is really time for Israel to stop killing innocent palestenian children....Other way Turks will conflict will Jews...This is for sure...

for another dressing down. Can I suggest Ayalon has a more comfortale chair this time, he looked a little cramoped on Monday. And of course show the Turkish Flag but make sure the Israeli flag is bigger.