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Reader comment on item: An Israeli Apology to Turkey
Submitted by Nick (United Kingdom), Mar 23, 2013 at 07:42
Turkey was long overdue an apology from Israel for the Gaza flotilla incident. I am glad Netanyahu finally apologised under pressure from President Obama.
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 great point [35 words] | sara | Apr 5, 2013 18:29 | 204958 | ||
| 1 | The argument may not be correct [206 words] | Amit Srivastava | Mar 31, 2013 06:09 | 204859 | |
| no apologies for self-defense.... [62 words] | rom | Mar 27, 2013 05:59 | 204735 | ||
| 1 | Pity Turkey. [92 words] | batya dagan | Mar 26, 2013 21:42 | 204733 | |
| 1 | apology [114 words] | havas | Mar 28, 2013 15:04 | 204733 | |
| 2 | You should apologize to Israel. [121 words] | batya dagan | Mar 29, 2013 13:09 | 204733 | |
| ı apologise from israel [126 words] | havas | Apr 2, 2013 23:00 | 204733 | ||
| Rationalizing the outrageous [133 words] | Eliana | Apr 26, 2013 23:38 | 204733 | ||
| 4 | What about Armenian Genocide? [49 words] | sally | Mar 26, 2013 20:55 | 204732 | |
| 1 | Shame [168 words] | Kachkarian | Mar 27, 2013 17:44 | 204732 | |
| 3 | US/Israeli denial of the Armenian genocide [80 words] | Ianus | Mar 27, 2013 18:22 | 204732 | |
| 3 | Israel has discredited itself [293 words] | Ianus | Mar 27, 2013 18:37 | 204732 | |
| 1 | Opportunism [441 words] | Kachkarian | Mar 30, 2013 14:19 | 204732 | |
| 1 | Israeli society [136 words] | sara | Mar 30, 2013 18:50 | 204732 | |
| The Israelis prefer "Turkish Cash" rather than tell the truth about the Armenian Genocide? [159 words] | Eliana | Apr 27, 2013 00:04 | 204732 | ||
| 2 | Humanism is too useless to count . [357 words] | Ianus | Apr 28, 2013 01:41 | 204732 | |
| 1 | Stuff Turkey [61 words] | Bull Herman | Mar 25, 2013 23:43 | 204704 | |
| Don't be so pessimistic [186 words] | john w mcginley | Mar 25, 2013 09:35 | 204691 | ||
| 1 | Apologizing more of a Netanyahu thing than to do with the flotilla [132 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Shishir | Mar 25, 2013 04:41 | 204688 | |
| Cost Benefit analysis [166 words] | Shishir | Mar 25, 2013 04:33 | 204687 | ||
| 1 | Response [242 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | servet cevik | Mar 24, 2013 22:20 | 204683 | |
| 3 | No apologies from the neo-Sultans [77 words] | Alexandros | Mar 27, 2013 10:14 | 204683 | |
| 2 | Turkey Gobbling Time [28 words] | David Lurie | Mar 24, 2013 19:56 | 204677 | |
| apology or excuse ISRAEL & TURKS [109 words] | peter knopfler | Mar 24, 2013 19:47 | 204676 | ||
| 1 | The truth was left out [128 words] | Eve Laing | Mar 24, 2013 10:52 | 204667 | |
| 1 | meaning of an apology [372 words] | servet cevik | Mar 24, 2013 21:34 | 204667 | |
| Self defense- proof in the video [194 words] | sara | Mar 26, 2013 16:24 | 204667 | ||
| Disappointing News [147 words] | susan (Shoshannah) Somerville | Mar 24, 2013 04:19 | 204658 | ||
| So what? [121 words] | 18PigsDontFly | Mar 24, 2013 04:08 | 204657 | ||
| 1 | Who or what pushed Bibi? [106 words] | Rita | Mar 24, 2013 03:26 | 204656 | |
| Netanyahu's excuse [87 words] | sara | Mar 24, 2013 20:46 | 204656 | ||
| What or who pushed Bibi? [70 words] | Rita | Mar 24, 2013 21:04 | 204656 | ||
| As predicted, Obama gets the credit [63 words] | sara | Mar 26, 2013 16:33 | 204656 | ||
| "they con the world" [60 words] | Rita | Mar 26, 2013 19:03 | 204656 | ||
| ı m not happy [137 words] | havas | Mar 24, 2013 03:14 | 204654 | ||
| 1 | We dont need to apologize for living [20 words] | deborah | Mar 24, 2013 00:10 | 204651 | |
| 2 | It's about me [43 words] | Ianus | Mar 27, 2013 18:54 | 204651 | |
| Thank you, Mr. Pipes for your short and pointed comments as (cont'd. in the body) [17 words] | SM ISAC | Mar 23, 2013 19:16 | 204650 | ||
| Obama the worst president for Israel, for America, and for the free world [40 words] | SM ISAC | Mar 23, 2013 19:12 | 204649 | ||
| Irresponsible folly [24 words] | JohnB | Mar 23, 2013 16:54 | 204645 | ||
| 4 | Israel blackmailed [61 words] | Stergios Bakas | Mar 23, 2013 16:12 | 204642 | |
| There is a bigger picture... [86 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ed | Mar 23, 2013 16:04 | 204641 | ||
| Different take from others [29 words] | Peter Herz | Mar 23, 2013 15:13 | 204635 | ||
| 1 | The price of the word [36 words] | Ben | Mar 23, 2013 14:46 | 204633 | |
| 1 | It didn't work with Hitler and it won't work with islam [91 words] | Doug Mayfield | Mar 23, 2013 12:28 | 204630 | |
| Apology .? [33 words] | Jenka | Mar 23, 2013 11:23 | 204628 | ||
| Purely Political [40 words] | Michael Boze | Mar 23, 2013 10:26 | 204625 | ||
| 3 | In the Sleek, contented smile [314 words] | Constantinos Kalotaris | Mar 23, 2013 09:38 | 204623 | |
| 3 | The Isareli government or the new Judenrat [329 words] | Ianus | Mar 23, 2013 08:35 | 204619 | |
| 1 |  Apology [24 words] | Nick | Mar 23, 2013 07:42 | 204616 | |
| Good will gesture [54 words] | Nazim Cairo | Mar 23, 2013 07:30 | 204613 | ||
| Mavi Mamara picture [47 words] | Michael Beer | Mar 23, 2013 06:36 | 204612 | ||
| An Israeli apology to Turkey [72 words] | Oz D | Mar 23, 2013 02:53 | 204608 | ||
| Did Obama promise he would attack Iran? [40 words] | Mladen Andrijasevic | Mar 23, 2013 02:47 | 204606 | ||
| 2 | My Rage [847 words] | NuritG | Mar 23, 2013 00:51 | 204605 | |
| 1 | Erdogan's dilemma [261 words] | Stergios Bakas | Mar 26, 2013 09:24 | 204605 | |
| Response to Erdogan's dilemma by Stergios Bakas [325 words] | NuritG | Mar 26, 2013 17:33 | 204605 | ||
| 1 | History returns in form of farce [69 words] | PHILIOR | Mar 22, 2013 22:15 | 204603 | |
| 1 | Natanyahu's Apology to Israel [121 words] | Ilbert | Mar 22, 2013 21:18 | 204602 | |
| 3 | Tikun Atzmi/Tikun Olam (repair of oneself/repair of the world) [292 words] | Dr. Hagitte Gal-Ed | Mar 22, 2013 20:48 | 204601 | |
| An Israeli Apology to Turkey [159 words] | Judith | Mar 22, 2013 20:15 | 204599 | ||
| Beni said what needed to be said [26 words] | WM | Mar 22, 2013 18:43 | 204595 | ||
| Those killed were military trained and placed on board to resist the boarding party [156 words] | David Goshen | Mar 22, 2013 18:12 | 204594 | ||
| 3 | Demoralizing the troops [119 words] | Ianus | Mar 24, 2013 15:24 | 204594 | |
| 1 | Erdoğan's Triumph [59 words] | Gerard | Mar 22, 2013 18:04 | 204592 | |
| 1 | One more thing [26 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alexandros | Mar 22, 2013 17:59 | 204591 | |
| relations with Greece /Cyprus [133 words] | Oz D | Mar 25, 2013 04:32 | 204591 | ||
| 2 | Some additional thoughts [407 words] | Alexandros | Mar 27, 2013 08:57 | 204591 | |
| Undeserved apology [30 words] | Steven L | Mar 22, 2013 17:43 | 204590 | ||
| 3 | very sad [29 words] | Mark | Mar 22, 2013 17:10 | 204588 | |
| 2 | THE NEW OTTPMANS BACK [61 words] | Mehmet YILDIZ | Mar 22, 2013 19:09 | 204588 | |
| 3 | Nobody stands by his principles in the Middle East [73 words] | Ianus | Mar 23, 2013 08:43 | 204588 | |
| 5 | The new Ottoman will end the way the old Ottoman did. [149 words] | Ianus | Mar 24, 2013 00:46 | 204588 | |
| 4 | Turkish delusions [190 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 27, 2013 07:59 | 204588 | |
| 1 | Apology - Why now? [63 words] | Lawrence M. Dubin | Mar 22, 2013 16:42 | 204586 | |
| 2 | Impact on Abbas and others [96 words] | stanley b | Mar 22, 2013 16:34 | 204584 | |
| 2 | Huge mistake [324 words] | Alexandros | Mar 22, 2013 17:33 | 204584 | |
| 6 | Only the weak and/or the stupid apologize in the Near East [102 words] | Ianus | Mar 23, 2013 08:52 | 204584 | |
| israel owns mediterranean sea [62 words] | havas | Mar 24, 2013 05:01 | 204584 | ||
| 1 | Forks and knives? [49 words] | stanley b | Mar 24, 2013 20:39 | 204584 | |
| 4 | Turkey and its enablers [180 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 28, 2013 07:13 | 204584 | |
| 5 | Utterly depressing [72 words] | sara | Mar 22, 2013 16:32 | 204583 | |
| Apology [71 words] | MikeKu | Mar 22, 2013 15:57 | 204581 | ||
| 4 | In absolute agreement [46 words] | Paul Severien | Mar 22, 2013 15:21 | 204580 | |
| 3 | what did israel get in return for caving to islamist turkey demands? [41 words] | ygalg | Mar 23, 2013 14:37 | 204580 |
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