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Reader comment on item: Kastelorizo - Mediterranean Flashpoint?
Submitted by athinagoras (Cyprus), Feb 17, 2012 at 09:06
Dear Mr Pipes
Can Israel reassure Cyprus with actions, not words, that its new friendly approach of cooperation between the two countries is not an attempt to blackmail and force Turkey in restoring its former ties with Israel ?
How can mutual respect materialize if we take into account Israel's past faithful support of Turkey - backed by the American Jewish lobby as well - which effectively blocked Cypriot and Hellenic interests?
How will Israel act if its Turkish alliance is restored and Turkey demands their previous past state of affairs in the international and local geopolitical arena
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Daniel Pipes replies:
I cannot give you assurances on behalf of Israel. I can tell you that many lessons have been learned, including by me.
Reader comments (70) on this item
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| 10 | Kastelorizo is just a sign [583 words] | Alexandros | Feb 27, 2012 11:47 | 193708 | |
| 3 |  Florida of Europe [292 words] | Mozere | Feb 28, 2012 10:26 | 193708 | |
| 6 | other benchmarks [45 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Feb 28, 2012 20:27 | 193708 | |
| 4 | Not exactly [724 words] | Alexandros | Feb 29, 2012 06:19 | 193708 | |
| 14 | "Wounds which a mentally sterile Asiatic horde inflicted on Christian civilization still bleed after 500 years " [2725 words] | Ianus | Feb 29, 2012 16:47 | 193708 | |
| 4 | A question or two [417 words] | Ianus | Feb 29, 2012 17:47 | 193708 | |
| 3 | Answers to Ianus, hope to hear more opinions and from others [1445 words] | Alexandros | Mar 1, 2012 11:41 | 193708 | |
| 2 | regional cooperation [322 words] | Mozere | Mar 1, 2012 12:22 | 193708 | |
| 9 | Additional reply to Mozere comments [1856 words] | Alexandros | Mar 2, 2012 08:05 | 193708 | |
| 6 | Wrong side repenting and apologizing [902 words] | Ianus | Mar 11, 2012 12:07 | 193708 | |
| 1 | Islamic civilisation [635 words] | Mozere | Mar 13, 2012 11:57 | 193708 | |
| 3 | The so salled "Islamic civilisation" [59 words] | Young MC | Mar 13, 2012 18:39 | 193708 | |
| 7 | "Islamic civilization" = the Skull Tower of Nis and the Skull Cathedral of Otranto [864 words] | Ianus | Mar 13, 2012 19:26 | 193708 | |
| 1 | Answers to both Ianus and Mozere. [444 words] | Alexandros | Mar 15, 2012 10:51 | 193708 | |
| 3 | Sackcloth and ashes while the hungry wolves are howling around [749 words] | Ianus | Mar 16, 2012 18:38 | 193708 | |
| 1 | Ianus [350 words] | Alexandros | Mar 18, 2012 07:28 | 193708 | |
| 4 | A prominent former board member of the American Turkish Council [2050 words] | Ianus | Mar 21, 2012 16:37 | 193708 | |
| "Moved" was describing the action [14 words] | Alexandros | Mar 23, 2012 18:43 | 193708 | ||
| 7 | Those who didn't manage to "move" [538 words] | Ianus | Mar 24, 2012 11:15 | 193708 | |
| 2 | Not what i meant [298 words] | Alexandros | Mar 25, 2012 05:13 | 193708 | |
| 6 | The Turkish massacres of Phocea 12.06.1914 [763 words] | Ianus | Mar 28, 2012 17:16 | 193708 | |
| 1 | I would suggest another book [70 words] | Alexandros | Mar 29, 2012 03:46 | 193708 | |
| Thanks [99 words] | Ianus | Apr 1, 2012 16:30 | 193708 | ||
| 2 | Not so easy! [209 words] | Pantelis Giannopoulos | Jun 25, 2012 14:00 | 193708 | |
| 6 | EU Turkish Arranged Marriage Plans [263 words] | Rebecca | Feb 25, 2012 23:24 | 193650 | |
| Give them blank cheques [69 words] | Mozere | Feb 27, 2012 00:39 | 193650 | ||
| 4 | Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo - a strategic bridgehead for the Second Ottoman Invasion of Europe ? [564 words] | Ianus | Feb 27, 2012 18:23 | 193650 | |
| 3 | a shame [69 words] | myth | Feb 23, 2012 16:35 | 193593 | |
| steady on [203 words] | Mozere | Feb 25, 2012 05:24 | 193593 | ||
| 4 | Washington and the Turkish octopus there [1584 words] | Ianus | Feb 25, 2012 11:09 | 193593 | |
| 10 | Recidivist Turkey [1225 words] | Ianus | Feb 26, 2012 18:12 | 193593 | |
| Who is a cheat? [344 words] | Mozere | Feb 27, 2012 02:31 | 193593 | ||
| 16 | The slave hunters' state of the Crimean Tatars and a second disciple of Ataturk [1422 words] | Ianus | Mar 1, 2012 15:09 | 193593 | |
| 1 | Slavery [279 words] | Mozere | Mar 2, 2012 07:37 | 193593 | |
| 5 | Adampol (aka Polonezkoy) an moribund ethnographic zoo in Turkey and Nazim Hikmet vs. Ataturk's police state [1142 words] | Ianus | Mar 3, 2012 08:10 | 193593 | |
| 17 | Tripolitsa or from Lord Byron to Mozere the Turk [2270 words] | Ianus | Mar 4, 2012 17:30 | 193593 | |
| 4 | Islamic slavery then and now [1588 words] | Ianus | Mar 16, 2012 14:54 | 193593 | |
| 1 | Kastelorizo an Italian name [31 words] | Mozere | Feb 20, 2012 08:44 | 193512 | |
| 1 | Criminal Minded State Propaganda [17 words] | Young MC | Feb 21, 2012 14:17 | 193512 | |
| 1 | Continental shelf [199 words] | Mozere | Feb 22, 2012 06:12 | 193512 | |
| 23 | An outpost against Turkish jihad [1265 words] | Ianus | Feb 22, 2012 11:16 | 193512 |
| 5 | Bellicosity and Misleading Propaganda [275 words] | Young MC | Feb 23, 2012 09:36 | 193512 | |
| 7 | Islands have a full right to continental shelf [1199 words] | Ianus | Feb 24, 2012 08:18 | 193512 | |
| 3 | Islands do not have an automatic right to EEZ [278 words] | Mozere | Feb 26, 2012 04:08 | 193512 | |
| 3 | Continental Shelf and Mozere's "Vikings" [430 words] | Young MC | Feb 27, 2012 12:15 | 193512 | |
| 7 | Tyrkjaránið - An Ottoman slave-hunting raid in Iceland 1627 [1574 words] | Ianus | Feb 27, 2012 16:48 | 193512 | |
| 4 | more details [62 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Feb 27, 2012 21:57 | 193512 | |
| p.s. [18 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Feb 27, 2012 22:25 | 193512 | ||
| Law applies to everybody equally [143 words] | Mozere | Feb 28, 2012 06:49 | 193512 | ||
| 1 | Islands and constructed EEZ claims [461 words] | Young MC | Feb 28, 2012 11:51 | 193512 | |
| 7 | Turkey has implicitly admited to be a thug. [805 words] | Ianus | Feb 29, 2012 13:56 | 193512 | |
| 6 | The biggest mosque in Kosovo to be built by the (Islamic) Republic of Turkey [167 words] | Ianus | Feb 29, 2012 17:13 | 193512 | |
| 1 | Turkey can't pick and choose the territory it claims as and when it discovers oil and gas [377 words] | Francis Wilson | Dec 25, 2012 08:14 | 193512 | |
| 10 | Imia [1045 words] | Ianus | Feb 17, 2012 15:28 | 193427 | |
| 1 |  game of interests [98 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | athinagoras | Feb 17, 2012 09:06 | 193421 | |
| 8 | Another Crusade? = ... damn the locals [378 words] | Kali Simpson | Feb 10, 2012 09:40 | 193269 | |
| 7 | Turkification through extermination [580 words] | Ianus | Feb 17, 2012 10:43 | 193269 | |
| 1 | Dear Ianus - you say tomato, I say potato. [416 words] | Kali | Feb 17, 2012 21:50 | 193269 | |
| 11 | Clarification on EEZ map [220 words] | HamiltonA | Feb 9, 2012 19:55 | 193256 | |
| 4 | eerily similar to the 1970s and 1980s [192 words] | John | Feb 9, 2012 04:56 | 193244 | |
| 15 | Just a remark! [67 words] | Jim Pap. | Feb 8, 2012 08:09 | 193200 | |
| re transport info [36 words] | annmarie | Jul 31, 2013 20:45 | 193200 | ||
| 1 | Kastelorizo - Mediterranean Flashpoint [119 words] | Judith | Feb 7, 2012 21:40 | 193186 | |
| 1 | reason for war [116 words] | havas | Feb 12, 2012 08:31 | 193186 | |
| 2 | "Not too different..." - In Your Dreams! [51 words] | Young MC | Feb 12, 2012 19:08 | 193186 | |
| 2 | The Reasons Are Plenty - Which One is the Most Tempting [206 words] | M. Tovey | Feb 13, 2012 13:44 | 193186 | |
| 26 | Israel, Cyprus and Greece are natural friends and allies [179 words] | Andrew M. | Feb 7, 2012 19:36 | 193175 | |
| 1 | Greece [95 words] | Lujack Skylark | Feb 8, 2012 19:30 | 193175 | |
| Remember the Name Kastelorizo; You Heard It Here First- Kudos Dr. Pipes [43 words] | M. Tovey | Feb 7, 2012 18:18 | 193172 | ||
| 3 | Diaspora [79 words] | NickLlewellyn | Jul 26, 2012 11:29 | 193172 |
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