jpost.com - 1/16/2009
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Turkey's prime minister on Friday said Israel should be barred from the United Nations while it ignores the body's calls to stop fighting in Gaza. "How is such a country, which does not implement resolutions of the UN Security Council, allowed to enter through the gates of the UN ...
haaretz.com - 1/16/2009
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haaretz.com —
Hamas will not accept Israeli conditions for a
cease-fire in Gaza and would continue armed resistance until...
the offensive ends, Khaled Meshal, the leader of the Palestinian Islamist group, said on Friday. Speaking at the opening of an emergency ...
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Hamas: We will not accept Israel cease-fire ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/18/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
JERUSALEM (AFP) Having declared its Gaza war over,
Israel is readying a new offensive -- the battle...
for public opinion once there is a full account of the destruction and civilian deaths in the battered enclave. With Israel keeping Gaza closed to ...
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Israel readies post-war battle for public opinion - ...
ynetnews.com - 1/15/2009
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ynetnews.com —
Palestinian sources tell Ynet fighting in Gaza to
cease within 72 hours for period of two weeks,...
during which sides will discuss supervision of crossings, IDF withdrawal from Strip and removal of blockade
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Report: Israel, Hamas agree on 2-week truce
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A bloodthirsty Turk looks in the mirror and sees nothing
This Blog Is Full Of Crap —
Tayyip Erdogan demands that Israel be barred from the UN:
"How is such a country, which does not implement resolutions of the UN Security Council, allowed to enter through the gates of the UN (headquarters)?" Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
Never mind that this cretin rolled out the red carpet for Hamas after the Palestinians chose one set of terrorists over another in the elections.
Never mind that Erdogan has presided over the illegal invasion of Iraqi sovereign territory in the massage of Kurdish civilians in the name of self-defense.
How can such a ...
Turkey’s Erdogan: Israel Should be Barred from UN
PoliGazette —
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is often described by Westerners as a moderate Islamists (which is in many ways similar to calling someone a moderate nazi), stepped up his criticism of Israel this week by calling on UN Secretary Ban Ki-Moon to bar the Jewish nation-state from the UN.
It is not exactly the first time that Erdogan speaks out against Israel in undiplomatic strong words. Shortly after Israel first attacked Hamas in Gaza, the prime minister of secular Turkey said that God would punish it for its ‘inhumane actions.’ He added that Israel’s offensive would eventually lead to its (divine of course) ...
Turkey insists Israel be barred from U.N.
Jihad Watch —
Even while Turkey -- home of the last caliphate/sultanate, the Ottoman empire, which, unprovoked, terrorized Europe for nearly half a millennium -- threatens Europe to include it in the European Union, or else.
"Erdogan: Bar Israel from the UN," from the Associated Press, January 16 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): Turkey's prime minister on Friday said Israel should be barred from the United Nations while it ignores the body's calls to stop fighting in Gaza.
"How is such a country, which does not implement resolutions of the UN ...
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