Thursday, June 03, 2010

My Way News - Turkish group behind flotilla is Gaza's new hero
My Way News reports: "The Turkish group that bankrolled the aid flotilla raided by Israel has big plans for Gaza. Its bearded 50-year-old leader has assumed hero status in the impoverished Palestinian territory, where he says his group plans to spend $25 million on housing, medical care and education [...] Seen as a kind of unofficial ambassador to Gaza, Kaya symbolizes Turkey's dramatic shift toward Hamas' key patrons Iran and Syria, at the expense of its traditional alliance with Israel."

Comment: Gaza used to belong to Egypt, then they lost it to Israel in the 1967 war, and then Israel decided to give it to the Palestinians in 2005 (land for peace didn't work out well at all, did it?), and then Hamas (a Palestinian political party and militia) took it over in 2007 and runs it as a semi-autonomous Islamist state within the broader Palestinian Authority. Turkey has never been involved, so what business do they have acting as a champion for Gaza? What is the Turkish agenda? And why are Turks shouting "death to Israel" in the streets of Istanbul? Looks like Ezekiel got it right, as if there was any doubt.

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