Apparently if you criticize Israel, you're anti Semite (Turkish MP accused for doing so) - Polidicks

Source: [URL]http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=117096&sectionid=351020202[/URL] [quote=PressTV][B]Israel has accused Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of inciting "anti-Semitism" by making remarks on the war crimes committed against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. [/B] A new report prepared by the foreign ministry in Tel Aviv charges that although Erdogan has stresses that anti-Semitism is "a crime against humanity," he "indirectly incites and encourages" it in Turkey, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. "In our estimate, ever since his party took power, Erdogan has conducted an ongoing process of ... fashioning a negative view of Israel in Turkish public opinion," through endless talks of Palestinian suffering, repeatedly accusing Israel of war crimes and even "anti-Semitic expressions and incitement," read the report. The seven-page report written by the Center for Political Research has already been distributed to Israeli embassies and consulates abroad. "For Erdogan and some of those around him," the report claimed, "there is no distinction between 'Israeli' and 'Jewish,' and therefore, [their] anti-Israel fervor and criticism become anti-Jewish." "Turkey today, under the leadership of the AKP [Erdogan's Justice and Development Party], is different from the Turkey with which Israel forged a strategic relationship in the early 1990s," the report concluded. Relations between Israel and Turkey began to deteriorate after Erdogan publicly slammed Israel over its late 2008 incursion into Gaza and charged the regime with committing "barbarian" acts against the Palestinian civilians.[/quote] lol

Conveniently, now Israel is immune from all criticism. Whatcha know?

Israel's government is full of fucking morons if they think like that.

[QUOTE=unoriginalname;19863894]Israel's government is full of fucking morons if they think like that.[/QUOTE] *shhhh* you're being anti-Semitic

[QUOTE=MR-X;19864028]*shhhh* you're being anti-Semitic[/QUOTE] That's the joke.

dude stop bustin balls they were killed by the communists in the 60s give them a break they just want a place to call home :)

Israel needs to be put in it's place.

[QUOTE=Faunz;19864111]Israel needs to be put in it's place.[/QUOTE] Easy on that, [B]Hitler[/B].

If you criticise Christianity you are anti-American. Apparently.

[QUOTE=Wyrmdraken;19864461]If you criticise Christianity you are anti-American.[/QUOTE] Christianity is stupid.

Fucking Israelis we should kill them all

[QUOTE=unoriginalname;19864805]Christianity is stupid.[/QUOTE] Commie socialist swine

Though I have nothing against Israel or Israelis, I don't see how criticism makes you anti-Semitic.

Well there you go, us Jews always manage to stir up hata's.

[QUOTE=O'10er;19864854]Commie socialist swine[/QUOTE] Stupid inbred ignorant redneck.

Israel isn't even 100% Jewish.

ok israel holocaust was bad and all and its hard 2 forget i no but like ur jus making urself look stupid ok stop it now b4 u hurt some1

[QUOTE=Kolmala;19864909]Israel isn't even 100% Jewish.[/QUOTE] Israel likes to think they are.

[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;19864879]Though I have nothing against Israel or Israelis, I don't see how criticism makes you anti-Semitic.[/QUOTE] It's a way of making someone shut up. Some labels will make people jump to immediate conclusions, 'Anti-semite' being one of them. Edit: [QUOTE=thisispain;19864960]Israel likes to think they are.[/QUOTE] I think the israel standard for citizenship was that if you where considered jewish enough for the Germans to put you in a concentration camp, you where jewish enough to join Israel. Not sure though. Edit: I think I quoted that from some news article.

[QUOTE=thisispain;19864960]Israel likes to think they are.[/QUOTE] Their population is about 75% Jewish, 20% Arab, and about 5% other.

And you know Arabs are a semitic race as well so it is weird to be called an anti-semite for criticising Israel. (well maybe not so much considering the post above, but I don't think the Israeli government is trying to protect the Arabs by calling the MP anti-semitic)

Israel is a crime against humanity.

I still don't fully understand why Israel exists Let's pave it all and build some condos

[QUOTE=Zeke129;19865710]I still don't fully understand why Israel exists Let's pave it all and build some condos[/QUOTE]President Roosevelt needed votes, specifically jews so he sent a load of jews to Palestein, claimed the land and there you go in very basic sense

[QUOTE=The mouse;19866427]President Roosevelt needed votes, specifically jews so he sent a load of jews to Palestein, claimed the land and there you go in very basic sense[/QUOTE] President Truman was an important factor in the foundation of Israel, if I'm not mistaken. Roosevelt didn't have much interest in them, but Truman in his tenure as senator before being vice president was a close associate of the Jewish-American community. One of his closest friends, Edward Jacobson, was a staunch zionist who shaped many of his views particularly in light of what happened in the Holocaust. But yea, if you guys have kept up with Middle-East news relations between Turkey and Israel are pretty messy right now. With the Soviet Union being gone and changes in politics, Turkey (both the government and the people for the most part) has trouble continuing to justify their unconditional support for Israel. Though between Israel and Turkey, it's always been a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Turks have human rights violations of their own, particularly with the Kurds.

[QUOTE=The mouse;19866427]President Roosevelt needed votes, specifically jews so he sent a load of jews to Palestein, claimed the land and there you go in very basic sense[/QUOTE] Roosevelt was dead before that even happened.

If you do ANYTHING that a Jew considers offensive you're automatically the second Hitler

[QUOTE=O'10er;19864854]Commie socialist swine[/QUOTE] Ignorant Republican Scum. Also, on topic, it really is Evil Versus Evil. You have Hezbollah and Hamas on one side, both of which support extremist Islam and various nefarious terrorist activities. On the flip side of the coin you have Israel, who are more than willing to kill civilians and violate basic human rights in the name of decades-old injustices and extreme nationalism. Choose your Evil.

[QUOTE=1.41gigawatts!;19867998]If you do ANYTHING that a Jew considers offensive you're automatically the second Hitler[/QUOTE] those damn jews? nah i'm just kidding i have no idea what you are talking about

"Relations between Israel and Turkey began to deteriorate after Erdogan publicly slammed Israel over its late 2008 incursion into Gaza and charged the regime with committing "barbarian" acts against the Palestinian civilians." I find this a bit ironic considering Turkey is still refusing to fully acknowledge the Armenian genocide.