{"id":49078,"date":"2012-01-07T19:44:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T17:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=49078"},"modified":"2014-01-06T23:07:16","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T21:07:16","slug":"e-mail-from-an-israeli-about-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2012\/01\/07\/e-mail-from-an-israeli-about-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"E-mail from an Israeli about Turkey &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"rtl\">\n<div align=\"left\"><em>Note: Here is an Email I received earlier this morning, from a friend living in Israel. \u00a0I thought what he had to say was something all should hear and with his permission, here is his letter \u00a0Please note that I have taken the liberty to highlight some of his comments, and that the letter\u00a0<\/em><em>is a translation from Hebrew.<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49079\" title=\"Flag_of_Jerusalem_realistic_colors\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Flag_of_Jerusalem_realistic_colors.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Flag_of_Jerusalem_realistic_colors.png 567w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Flag_of_Jerusalem_realistic_colors-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>!Shalom<br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>Turkey\u00a0announced\u00a0yesterday\u00a0to\u00a0Iran,\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0subject of\u00a0Iran&#8217;s\u00a0claim\u00a0against\u00a0Turkey\u00a0that\u00a0Turkey,\u00a0an American\u00a0radar\u00a0sets,\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0soil\u00a0of\u00a0Turkey:\u00a0&#8220;Turkey\u00a0will not allow\u00a0for\u00a0radar,\u00a0give\u00a0warning, ON\u00a0Iran&#8217;s missile&#8221;.\u00a0It\u00a0was\u00a0message from\u00a0Turkey\u00a0to\u00a0Iran.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em><strong>So I ask\u00a0the\u00a0United States:\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0&#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>What are you doing?<\/strong>\u00a0Turkey,\u00a0not\u00a0your friend\u00a0&#8211; they&#8217;re\u00a0Muslims., sharing all that you give her with other Muslim countries. \u00a0Turkey\u00a0says\u00a0the message to Iran,\u00a0even after\u00a0Iran is threatening\u00a0U.S.\u00a0aircraft\u00a0<\/em><em>carrier\u00a0. \u00a0<\/em><em><strong>There is nothing\u00a0rational,\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0Why?<\/strong>\u00a0Why do\u00a0the United States\u00a0not\u00a0react\u00a0against\u00a0Turkey,\u00a0on\u00a0that Turkey does\u00a0not make\u00a0the ban\u00a0on Iran\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0they do not make\u00a0economic\u00a0sanctions\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0against\u00a0Iran.\u00a0Turkey\u00a0trades\u00a0with Iran.\u00a0Most of\u00a0the produce\u00a0of\u00a0Iran\u00a0comes\u00a0to\u00a0Turkey,\u00a0and\u00a0there,\u00a0it\u00a0replaces the\u00a0flag,\u00a0with &#8220;Made in\u00a0Turkey&#8221;.<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>Turkey\u00a0announced\u00a0yesterday\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0to\u00a0Iran,\u00a0that\u00a0Turkey\u00a0would not allow\u00a0the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0or any country,\u00a0to attack Iran,\u00a0from\u00a0an area of\u00a0\u200b\u200bTurkey.<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">Very\u00a0ridiculous\u00a0to me,\u00a0that\u00a0the U.S.\u00a0bases,\u00a0are\u00a0in\u00a0Turkey<strong>.<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>Therefore,<em>\u00a0<\/em>a reason why<em>\u00a0<\/em>the U.S.<em>\u00a0<\/em>is limited<em>\u00a0<\/em>in<em>\u00a0<\/em>giving a<em>\u00a0<\/em>reprimand<em>,\u00a0<\/em>or<em>\u00a0<\/em>looking<em>\u00a0<\/em>unhappy<em>,\u00a0<\/em>to<em>\u00a0<\/em>Turkey?<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>I will not ask,\u00a0&#8220;Why\u00a0are\u00a0not\u00a0your\u00a0bases\u00a0in\u00a0Israel?&#8221;\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0your\u00a0decision.\u00a0But\u00a0we promise,\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0that\u00a0Israel is the\u00a0basis of\u00a0one\u00a0single\u00a0force\u00a0loyal\u00a0to\u00a0the United States.\u00a0<strong>We\u00a0in Israel,\u00a0we are\u00a0&#8220;not\u00a0a military base\u00a0in the\u00a0country&#8221;.\u00a0We\u00a0are&#8217;one country\u00a0in\u00a0a military base.&#8221; \u00a0<\/strong>So\u00a0we\u00a0are\u00a0defined ,\u00a0and\u00a0laugh at how we see ourselves.<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">You are<em>\u00a0<\/em>the U.S.<em>,\u00a0<\/em>Turkey<em>\u00a0<\/em>would<em>\u00a0<\/em>give<em>\u00a0<\/em>to<em>\u00a0<\/em>F35<em>\u00a0<\/em>aircraft<em>,\u00a0<\/em>before you<em>\u00a0<\/em>are interested<em>,\u00a0<\/em>give it<em>\u00a0<\/em>to Israel<em>.\u00a0<\/em>We<em>\u00a0<\/em>do not know<em>\u00a0<\/em>&#8211;<em>\u00a0<\/em>what<em>\u00a0<\/em>to tell you<em>\u00a0<\/em>about it<em>.\u00a0<\/em>Turkey\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0like\u00a0our\u00a0enemy.\u00a0She threatened\u00a0a few months ago\u00a0about\u00a0a war\u00a0with us,\u00a0you remember?<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">Turkish prime minister<em>\u00a0<\/em>this<em>\u00a0<\/em>week<em>,\u00a0<\/em>met with<em>\u00a0<\/em>Hamas<em>\u00a0<\/em>leader<em>\u00a0<\/em>in the Gaza Strip<em>.\u00a0<\/em>Remind you<em>\u00a0<\/em>&#8211;<em>\u00a0<\/em>Hamas\u00a0is set to\u00a0a terrorist organization\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0by the United States own definition<strong>.<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>You<em>\u00a0<\/em>did not \u00a0say<em>\u00a0<\/em>anything about it and we wonder<em>,\u00a0<\/em>why<em>?\u00a0<\/em>That<em>\u00a0<\/em>you believe that<em>\u00a0<\/em>your<em>\u00a0<\/em>friend<em>\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>Turkey?!<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>Turkey,\u00a0may\u00a0one day\u00a0betray\u00a0the U.S.\u00a0and\u00a0in\u00a0large.\u00a0I tell you.\u00a0Betrayal\u00a0of\u00a0Turkey\u00a0in you,\u00a0you\u00a0will be\u00a0very\u00a0painful.\u00a0Turkey\u00a0with\u00a0Islam.\u00a0<strong>Do you think\u00a0that\u00a0they\u00a0do not share\u00a0your\u00a0technology\u00a0all the time\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0enemies?\u00a0&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I say\u00a0now,\u00a0<strong>you are\u00a0arming\u00a0your\u00a0enemy.\u00a0<\/strong>They\u00a0snake\u00a0under the\u00a0tap.\u00a0They will not let\u00a0you\u00a0operate\u00a0from\u00a0your\u00a0base,\u00a0against the\u00a0enemies\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0the best case.\u00a0In the worst case\u00a0-they might\u00a0give\u00a0Americans\u00a0a trap, then make\u00a0my words\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0in\u00a0your\u00a0best\u00a0English.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">I say this,\u00a0that\u00a0everything has a\u00a0consequence.\u00a0Everything starts\u00a0from something,\u00a0but\u00a0here,\u00a0it&#8217;s not just\u00a0something\u00a0you do not see,\u00a0read between the lines\u00a0of the\u00a0Turks.\u00a0They are\u00a0not\u00a0a friend.\u00a0They are\u00a0not\u00a0friends.\u00a0Turkey\u00a0not only\u00a0against Israel, known\u00a0to the world\u00a0that Israel is\u00a0like\u00a0a brother,\u00a0a state\u00a0of the U.S.\u00a0overseas.\u00a0Here\u00a0in the area,\u00a0that\u00a0want to know\u00a0what\u00a0do\u00a0the U.S., so\u00a0we are\u00a0small\u00a0attempts of\u00a0this.\u00a0So\u00a0they question\u00a0you,\u00a0the\u00a0real\u00a0tests\u00a0on\u00a0Israel.\u00a0If\u00a0you\u00a0like it or not.<br \/>\nTake all\u00a0my\u00a0words\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0and understand that I am\u00a0a person who\u00a0cares\u00a0very much\u00a0for\u00a0peace\u00a0for the United States.<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>Sincerely, with best wishes,<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>\u00a0___________________________<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>Bee&#8217;s Note:<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>Here is one Israeli very concerned about one thing &#8211; his loyalty towards the USA and the thought that perhaps the U.S. does not understand the consequences of arming the very enemies of both the U.S. and Israel. \u00a0He asks, &#8220;What are you doing?!&#8221; \u00a0Don&#8217;t you see that Turkey is wearing the skin of a snake, and is loyal not to the U.S., but to Iran, our enemy sitting in the very Gulf of Homez threatening U.S. naval ships?! \u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div>That being said, how many watched or listened later to the speech and announcements made by both BHO and Panetta at yesterday&#8217;s Pentagon press conference? \u00a0I wondered if anyone in the Press would ask the right questions, such as the ones being asked by our Israeli friend &#8211; none were asked that could possibly explain the <strong>down-sizing of our military, while up-grading our enemies! \u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>ADD IT UP! \u00a0<\/strong>Add up all the &#8220;gifts&#8221; of taxpayer monies to the Palestinians (not even a state\/country); the military equipment and training to the Palestinians, Egypt and Saudi Arabia; the billions to Pakistan, Afghanistan; Iraq; &#8230;. all under the guise of humanitarian needs; nation building; etc. given to our &#8220;allies&#8221;, when to accept the hand of friendship from such countries, would they first not have to be of &#8220;like-minded&#8221; and not just holding their hands out to receive our money, while telling our other, more worrisome enemies that they would prevent the US from attacking those who threatening us?!<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><em>Why, when you actually put pen to paper, adding up the <strong>BILLIONS of DOLLARS<\/strong> shared with the countries mentioned (above), you can bet it amounts to more than the amount this administration has decided to decrease from the budget of America&#8217;s Defense Department. \u00a0And, more than the amount contributed to the hospitals and medical treatment of our own troops.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>To Congress and everyone in Washington, DC &#8211; your hypocrisy is showing! \u00a0Your blindness about aiding America&#8217;s enemies, for the sake of oil, or whatever else it is you think these enemies will give back, is outrageous! \u00a0They will not give you one night of sleep; not one grain of peace of mind; but they will, when opportunity strikes, give all of us a rocket up our own A##s and by our own weapons! \u00a0Israelis are not the only only folks attempting to warn us of harm directed our way &#8230; see Allen West&#8217;s comments (below).<\/em><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nPeace will never be obtained through bribes, military equipment and cash, as long as Islam sees us as their enemies, and according to the teachings of the Koran, we are the enemy of Islam! \u00a0That is an ideology &#8211; not a religion &#8211; and time the United States woke up and accepted that bit of history as fact, not fiction.<\/div>\n<div><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Congress, and all who refuse to accept the truth,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Here&#8217;s your sign &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Here is an Email I received earlier this morning, from a friend living in Israel. \u00a0I thought what he had to say was something all should hear and with his permission, here is his letter \u00a0Please note that I have taken the liberty to highlight some of his comments, and that the letter\u00a0is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":49079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,34],"tags":[1045],"class_list":["post-49078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-israel","category-usa","tag-islamophobia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}