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| Barak: We don't want clash with Turkey but . . . |
| 2010-07-05 |
 Defense Minister Ehud Barak said during a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Israel has no interest in creating a confrontation with Turkey, but that it would be incorrect "to close our eyes to the depth and nature of the trends we see there."Barak warned that additional flotillas may likely be sent, such as the one organized in Lebanon. He also said that the flotilla slated to leave from Iran may not be entirely out of the picture. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 It's the Turkish people who've gone islamist and the Turkish military which recognizes that it cannot buck that tide for now. Especially when the Americans have abandoned the Israelis. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-07-05 20:34 |
| #2 Israel has had decent relations with the Turkish military, who buy their technology. It's the Islamicist government led by Erdogan who are hamstringing both the military and relations with Israel. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-07-05 19:55 |
| #1 Israel needs an "active cultivation program". Its intelligence services should build communities of "friends of Israel" in those countries that matter. These are foreigners who no matter what, if relations are friendly or hostile, will be pro-Israel. For instance, Israel should have long ago cultivated military to military ties with Turkey, as well as having friends in every major Turkish faction. And when such people give warnings, they should be taken seriously early on and countered. Erdogan's faction should have been neutralized a long time ago, at least as far as its anti-Israel stance. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-07-05 16:13 |