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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) poses with Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (L) and Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during their meeting in Istanbul June 7, 2010. Abbas is in Turkey to attend the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey called for international punishment of Israel for its deadly raid on a Turkish Gaza-bound aid ship at a summit Monday where Ankara will also urge an immediate end to Israel's blockade of the territory.
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Leaders from Russia, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan are to attend the Eurasian and Middle East talks, but Israel is sending a diplomat from its consulate in Ankara rather than expose a higher-ranking figure to the fury over last week's killings.
"Israel committed a crime against all international laws and regulations," Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a news conference with his Afghan and Pakistani counterparts ahead of the summit, which includes key enemies of Israel.
Turkey wants a final declaration by the two-day meeting of the Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) forum to condemn Monday's raid by Israeli commandos in which nine Turks were killed.
"If CICA is the OECD of Asia then the final declaration of the summit should have a statement about Israel's attack," a Turkish official said, referring to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
"If there was such an attack in Hungary, for example, then all OECD countries would have a say."
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who held talks on the sidelines with his Afghan counterpart Zalmay Rasul and Davutoglu to foster relations between Kabul and Islamabad, condemned the incident which drew global censure.
"Pakistan condemned in the strongest possible terms the unjustified aggression shown toward the freedom flotilla," Qureshi said, and told Davutoglu: "We stand by you."
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has said Israel must be punished and that "nothing would ever be the same" between the two nations, accusing Israel of breaking the biblical commandment "thou shalt not kill."
"ISRAEL POLICIES NOT TOLERABLE"
Davutoglu also told Monday's news conference Muslim Turkey will not fully normalize relations with once close ally Israel until the Jewish state accepted an international investigation.
Israel rejected such a proposal by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and said it had the right to launch its own inquiry, saying that its forces acted in self-defense after they were set upon by pro-Palestinian activists wielding clubs and knives.
Davutoglu said on the eve of the talks that Ankara could no longer tolerate the policies of Israel toward the Palestinians.
"Turkey was one of the first countries recognizing Israel," Davutoglu told CNN Sunday.
"But now we cannot tolerate the policies of tension, the policies of blockade against Gaza, the policies of punishment ... and the policy of attacking civilians in international sea, international waters. That, we cannot tolerate."
While the forum aims to dampen regional tensions, Israel's storming of the ship and what to do about the blockade on the Palestinians are likely to dominate the meeting.
The nine Turks were killed Monday in the Israeli commando raid on the Mavi Marmara, part of a six-vessel convoy that set out to challenge the blockade of the Gaza Strip imposed in 2006 after Hamas Islamists won control of the territory.
Turkey's Islamist-leaning government and the Turkish public were infuriated by the killings.
TURKEY ON WORLD STAGE
Turkey, NATO's only Muslim member and a candidate to join the European Union, has sought to raise its international profile in recent years, mediating in issues ranging from Afghanistan/Pakistan ties to Iran's nuclear program.
Critics say Erdogan's government, which has a hard core of support among religious conservatives and strong backing in the broader population, risks tilting too far toward stronger ties with Middle East governments the West does not trust.
Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map," and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas are among eight presidents at the talks, which kicked off Monday ahead of Tuesday's full summit.
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, though not a member, is attending as a guest.
The diplomatic momentum will continue Wednesday, as Arab League foreign ministers gather for a Turkish-Arab Forum.
Turkey, with Brazil's help, brokered an accord with Iran for a nuclear fuel swap, in the hope of heading off sanctions against a fellow Muslim neighbor, major trading partner and key supplier of gas.
(Additional reporting by Ibon Villelabeitia; Editing by Peter Millership)
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Jun 07, 2010 7:01am EDT
I find it interesting that the focus is to condemn Israel instead of finding ways to supply the Palestinians the supplies they require. Israel has agreed to allow supplies in as long as it is inspected to ensure that their are no firearms
Philip416
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Jun 07, 2010 7:31am EDT
@Philip416
Does that include cement, steel and other materials required to rebuild destroyed infrastructure? If it doesn’t, does Israel return the aid that’s not allowed into Israel to their respective sources or do they just steal it and profit?
Perhaps if Israel allowed a NEUTRAL INTERNATIONAL INQUIRY that could prove its version of events, their supporters would be more believable (well at least their non-racist members anyway).
hadenough2
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Jun 07, 2010 7:53am EDT
http://webtv.hurriyet.com.tr/category.aspx?cid=2&vid=7082&bid=1&hid=14941942
bhdrkck
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Jun 07, 2010 8:53am EDT
Her’s the problem.
Israel is the size of a postage stamp. Granted it has WMD’S CHEMICAL,BIOLOGICAL and NUCLEAR.
All stolen but that is another story.
Zionism was a 19 century exteme nationalistic enterprise of settling world Jewry into an exclusive protected enclave.During A Colonial age, different places such as Uganda and Muratania was considerded by Teddy Herzel,but finally settling on the Palestine Mandate controlled by Britain.Now Palestine was already inhabited and the indegenous population’s rights were never of great concern.Leaders of Europesean Jewry would bargain with Europe’s prime Colonial empire for lands under it’s domain and a price would be extracted.See boycott of economy UK’S COLONIAL RIVAL post WWI.
An exclusive JEWISH STATE would meen removing NON Jews,PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
Not to worry! really??
All mideast wars have involved expulsions of Christian and Muslim populations FROM PALESTINIAN MANDATE.Israel then refuses their return after hostilities end. Those evacuated Lands,homes,businesses are resettled by “THE NEWLY MINTED ISRAELIS”
This Israel policy of removal has evolved into a virulent nationalistic movement where all are potential enemies. Men,women and children it does not matter, and any external inquiry would show that civillians are indeed targetted as the Rachel Corrie trial, forced by US PATRON ON ISRAEL WILL SHOW.
GOLUM
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Jun 07, 2010 10:15am EDT
Lest we forget:
1. The land given by England to the Jews in the late 1940’s was the land that belonged to the Jews long before Mohammed was born
2. Was JFK wrong in enforcing the Cuban blockade?
WilliamXC
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Jun 07, 2010 10:26am EDT
I work in downtown Chicago IL and everyday, on just about every street corner there are homeless people begging for something. I think of the billiions of dollars of our money that goes to Israel every year and it makes me sick. What are they doing with our hard earned money? Harassing the rest of the mid eastern world and crying “oh woe is me” while they sit on their weapons of mass distruction and kill innocent palestinians who are just trying to get by. They have earned the world’s scorn by the latest treatment of the aid ships. I find it so hard to believe that they have learned nothing from the holocaust. You’d think they would learn to treat people better having been on the receiving end of persecution during those times. I as a child was exposed to childhood cruelty and it made me much more sympathetic to another’s treatment, because I know how it feels. How can anyone get through to them? Why can’t they live peacefully with the rest of the world? Am I such an idealist that I feel we all should be able to get along with each other? We have the same wants and needs. We are all members of planet earth and are responsible for each other.
It’s time Israel starts understanding this one important fact.
IWantPeace
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Jun 07, 2010 10:43am EDT
c’mon folks.. lets get back to cases..the Israelis committed crimes against humanity in Cast Lead, piracy and murder on the high seas, apartheit against the Israeli arabs, asassinations in Dubai and Palestine, and so much more..they have become a rogue state with nukes..now they will be treated as such..The Turks are showing the way..the American government is stuck and the Israeli spin machine is going full bore..
gramps
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Jun 07, 2010 10:51am EDT
@WilliamXC
You said:”the land that belonged to the Jews long before…” You mean like the land that belonged to the Indians right before the Europeans arrived, and after the Indians saved the settlers from starvation, were slaughtered for their land. Are you saying that we should give the land back to the Indians? According to your logic, that’s what I get out of it.
You also stated: “Was JFK wrong in enforcing the Cuban blockade?”
Right or wrong is irrelevant; however, one thing he didn’t do was rain commandos onto Russian ships. Do you detect a subtle difference? If not, head on back to Fox News and receive some further programming.
hadenough2
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Jun 07, 2010 11:24am EDT
quote”The land given by England to the Jews in the late 1940’s was the land that belonged to the Jews long before Mohammed was born”endquote.
HUH? who gave it to England to give away? the degree of illogic boggles the mind.
1. belonged to which jews: only a tiny portion of today’s Israel practice judaism. 2,000 years ago a small sect of pharisees founded what is today’s judaism, and only a small fraction of those practice judaism in Israel. ALL palestinians some christian, some muslim, some jewish, some druze, some sabeans, some samaritans, some communists, are direct descendants of the inhabitants of the province of palestine of 2000 years ago. and have been there even before Moses.
so by whose authority does England give Palestinian land away to non-palestinians?
2. israel was founded by force by people who specifically reject Moses, the Law, and the religion and and all other law international or otherwise. it has ca right to exist as long as it exists, just like any other country. but just like any other country it will someday stop existing. sooner or later.
David’s Kingdom lasted to the time of David’s grandchildren. since then there has never been an Israel, only Palestine and dozens of tiny client states city states and squabbling little minor principipalities. Apparently God is very stingy to Jews and is not likely to change that opinion soon. IMHO
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