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Le Quotidien d'Oran, Algeria

Turks Teach Arabs 'Stark Lesson' About Following America

 

"The Turkish lesson to Arab 'moderates' is a stark one. Democratic Turkey, a key member of NATO and traditional ally of the U.S., shows a degree of autonomy which those who aspire to leadership in the Arab world are far from showing. … The Turkish position demonstrates that blind alignment with the Americans is a dead end."

 

By K. Selim

 

Translated By Mary Kenney

 

June 3, 2010

 

Algeria - Le Quotidien d'Oran - Original Article (French)

Three days after their aggression on the high seas, the Israelis maintain a veritable information blockade about the exact number of victims and their nationalities. But in the course of Israel's release of the hostages, the circumstances of the criminal assault by its "elite" troops have been confirmed. The Israelis used their weapons before even setting foot on the vessels. The activists, immediately brutalized, defended themselves with makeshift implements - mostly sticks and chairs.  

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In the process of releasing the hostages and listening to their testimony, the scenarios painstakingly crafted by Zionist spin doctors and obligingly passed on by Western media completely break down. They don't even convince those charged with relaying them.

 

Amid the general stupor and stammering pseudo-condemnations of Western defenders of human rights, only the voice of Turkey is clearly perceptible. According to the lawyers and independent experts, this is an extremely grave and unprecedented situation, in which ships loaded with humanitarian aid and carrying peace activists have been very violently boarded in international waters. The assailants killed unarmed people, seized the vessels and took the people on board hostage, beating some and placing all in detention. 

 

The Turks, through their prime minister and foreign minister, reiterated their demand for an investigation by an international commission - with the support of the U.N. Human Rights Council.

 

 

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The matter throws a harsh light on Israeli morals and the criminal methods that they routinely resort to during the day-to-day occupation and blockade of Ghaza. From this point of view, the objective of the humanitarians was precisely to break the siege imposed on a million and half Palestinians. The message intended for global opinion and Western leaders was transmitted perfectly. Many voices are now calling for the end to the blockade. The Turks have made lifting the blockade a precondition for a resumption of normal relations with Israel. The great dignity and firmness of Turkish officials have been perfectly calibrated to the international crisis provoked by Israeli terrorists.

 

The Turkish lesson to Arab "moderates" is a stark one. Democratic Turkey, a key member of NATO and traditional ally of the United States, shows a degree of autonomy which those who aspire to leadership in the Arab world are far from showing. In this grim landscape of capitulation, the reopening of the Rafah crossing [Egypt into the Gaza Strip] is the bare minimum that must absolutely be maintained. The Turkish position demonstrates that blind alignment with the Americans is a dead end.

 

Must we wait for those regimes to put pressure on the West - and on the Quartet in particular, for the immediate and unconditional lifting of the siege of Gaza? What's certain is that the Israeli-American political defeat in the eastern Mediterranean penalizes with equal severity, the failure of "moderates."

 

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[Posted by WORLDMEETS.US June 8, 8:49pm]

 







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