(Turkish PM) Erdogan tells Israel in Hebrew: Thou shalt not kill

[Poll_Blind]

Erdogan tells Israel in Hebrew: Thou shalt not kill:

Turkey accused Israel on Friday of breaking biblical commandments against killing and said it could cut ties with its one-time ally to a minimum after nine Turkish activists died in a raid on a ship bound for Gaza.

"I am speaking to them in their own language. The sixth commandment says 'thou shalt not kill'. Did you not understand?" Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in his harshest words yet since Israeli commandos raided the Mavi Marmara on Monday.

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The incident has brought their relationship to the brink and Turkey has already recalled its ambassador to Israel. Speaking on television Wednesday, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said relations between the two countries "will never be as they were before."

"Israel has made one of the biggest mistakes in its history," he added.

Also Friday, Turkish media reported that a prosecutor in Istanbul has started collecting evidence for a possible case against Israeli officials in the wake of Israel's commando raid.

The reports said the prosecutor has been gathering testimony and evidence from Turks who returned from Israel in order to determine whether Turkey should open a case demanding compensation from Israel or even pursue criminal charges against Israeli leaders.

A small snippet from his speech, including his quoting of the "Thou Shalt Not Kill" commandment in 3 languages, can be found here at DU or here at YouTube.

PB

[DevonRex]

1. Good article. Thanks for posting it. nt

[BootinUp]

2. Ok Erdogan, time to dial it down nt

[habitual]

3. i disagree with you.... dial it up and put the spotlight on Israel.! n/t

[Tailormyst]

12. Why?

[BootinUp]

13. Because I just had my fill of religious hypocrisy. nt

[Tailormyst]

14. I think he was pointing out religious hypocrisy...

That was how I read it anyway

[Tempest]

15. Then you completely missed his point

A shame really since his point was spot on.

[aquart]

4. The genocidal Turks are preaching against murder? ABOUT TIME!

I'm sure the Kurds are rejoicing. The Armenians are, of course, dead.

[Adsos Letter]

6. I just finished a study on the Armenian Genocide

the effort the Turks make at denial is enormous. They need to own up to that before they start pointing fingers at anyone.

[bdamomma]

10. well said

:thumbsup:

[movonne]

7. Do you work for the Israel government??? every post here on

this tragedy you are the first to find no fault with Israel...do you also find no wrong doing by this country or is it just Israel that you can find no wrong??

[habitual]

9. seriously, don't they realize they have no right to be upset about

their citizens being murdered. It's just so obvious. :spank:

please... Just like we complain when our citizens are killed (by anyone other than Israel i mean) even though we wiped out the natives of our own country.

but you just keep sticking up for Israel... :)

[polly7]

11. It seems some are learning from mistakes of the past.

Others are using past atrocities as an excuse to commit their own.

[Tempest]

16. Sins of the father and all that, eh?

I'm curious, but just how many future generations have to pay for the mistakes of their elders?

[Catherina]

5. It's not the first time either

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6D9jio1QKE

The longer version is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR4zRbPy2kY&feature=related

Thank you for posting this.

Israel badly miscalculated and the US is foolish to cover up with them.

[Ignis]

8. Lo Tirtzakh!

Well played, PM Erdogan. :thumbsup:

[leftynyc]

17. Anyone remember the Kurds?

Or have they gone down the memory hole during the latest "Israel is the source of all evil" mantra? That this turd of a person has the balls to lecture anyone about murder (and people here are letting him) is just more evidence that Americans are very selective about whose lives count.

[Tempest]

21. Turkey remembers the Kurds

Every time they bury a Turkish citizen after one of the PKK's attacks within Turkey's borders.

[Poll_Blind]

22. The incident with Israel happened on the exact same day as 5 Turks were...

...killed by a PKK attack and the same weekend over which another 5 Turks were killed by same. Part of this issue, whether it makes sense or not, is the fact that part of the Turkish citizenry has Israel and the PKK intertwined. I noticed this in opinion pieces and comments in some of the non-English Turkish websites I'd translated with Google. The two have nothing to do with each other, obviously, but they've been conflated because of their timing, by some.

Also, and this is shockingly bad, but many of the Israeli protesters outside of the Turkish embassy in Israel are actually holding pro PKK signs. I pointed this out in the video thread of that demonstration here in the DU video vault. The protests are still going on in Israel and there are still pro PKK signs being held by some of the Israeli demonstrators.

Every time Turkish media/news shows video of the Israeli demonstrations and the Turks see the pro PKK sentiment it makes Israel look 1000x worse.

Just a totally weird little tangent which I don't think many people are aware of and which has a real inflection on this story, at least from the Turkish side.

PB

[gratuitous]

18. Well, sure, a commandment

But it's not like it's carved in stone or anything.

[EFerrari]

19. More of a guideline than a rule. n/t

[Tempest]

20. It's just a G-d damned piece of paper. n/t