TURKEY DECLARES COLD WAR ON ISRAEL

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.10.2009 17:10 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Israel-Turkey relations have never been so bad as
they are now. Israel is facing the threat of losing its partner in
Muslim world," Neue Zurcher Zeitung reports.

Earlier in October, Ankara excluded Israeli army from participation in
NATO military exercises, reasoning that it was unknown whether Israeli
warplanes were involved in Gaza sector attacks. A few days later,
TRT1 Turkish state TV channel started transmitting Ayrilik soap opera
which featured war operations with participation of Israeli soldiers.

Relations between two countries began to freeze back in 2003, after
Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s taking office. Situation exacerbated
as a result of war in Gaza sector. Turkey has probably decided to
"teach Israel a lesson", said Turkish expert Begin-Sadat, Efraim from
Strategic Research Center.

Israeli Haaretz reports that "Turkey has the most to lose from
boycotting Israel". The fact that Israeli Defense Ministry is currently
considering possibilities of selling weapons to Turks testifies to
that, inopressa.ru reports.