Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan had very harsh words for Israel's actions in Gaza the other day. Harsh. In fact, they were, to my mind, similar to, though not as extreme, as the calls for genocide of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Israel has made it official now. They deem Ergodan's words unacceptable.
From the Jerusalem Post: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's toxic comments Sunday that Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip would lead to punishment from Allah and Israel's "self-destruction" drew a protest from the Foreign Ministry, which told Turkey's ambassador to Israel that these words were "unacceptable" among friendly nations.
Erdogan, speaking at a municipal election campaign rally in Anatolia, said Israel was "perpetrating inhuman actions which would bring it to self-destruction. Allah will sooner or later punish those who transgress the rights of innocents."
While the Foreign Ministry registered a protest with the Turkish ambassador, it did not issue a formal statement about the remarks - not wanting, according to diplomatic officials, to exacerbate the already tense situation with the Turks.
While Erdogan, who returned Sunday from an unsuccessful tour to the region with the hopes of mediating a cease-fire, has been extremely critical of Operation Cast Lead, Sunday's comments were by far the most caustic. Diplomatic officials said that when Operation Cast Lead was over, it would be necessary to evaluate the damage to the relationship that these comments have caused.
RELIAPUNDIT ADDS:
* ERDOGAN IS ABIUT AS MODERATE AND AS DEMOCRATIC AS MUSLIM LEADERS ACTUALLY COME.
* AND YET HE TOO SEES ALLAH AS EMBRACING HAMAS.
* THIS TELLS ME THAT ISLAMISM IS FUNDAMENTALLY OPPOSED TO CIVILIZATION.
* AND IT ULTIMATELY MEANS THAT EITHER ISLAM REFORMS ITSELF - SO ITS LEADERS DON'T EXPLICITLY OR IMPLICITLY EVER ENDORSE TERROR - OR IT MUST BE DEMOLISHED AS WE DEMOLISHED NAZISM.
PERHAPS AFTER HAMAS IS UTTERLY VANQUISHED, THEN I HOPE THESE ISLAMISTS ALL TAKE A LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
OR THEY CAN LOOK AT THE LAST FEW YEARS WORTH OF HEADLINES:
* ALLAH IS NOT EXACTLY FAVORING THE RADICAL MUSLIMS WITH VICTORIES;
* HE IS HAVING JEWS AND CHRISTIANS KILL THEM AND DEFEAT THEM.
THAT SHOULD TEACH THEM SOMETHING. MAYBE IT WILL REFORM THEM A LITTLE.
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