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The UN Palmer Report, which largely exonerated Israel for murdering nine unarmed Turkish civilians in international waters on May 31, 2010, seemed in some ways like the last straw. Prior to its publication, the camel’s back had already mostly broken, and a collapse in Turkish-Israeli ties was looming.
Turkey’s sin was seeking an apology for the [...]

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Las Naciones Unidas publicaron el viernes 2 de septiembre de 2011 el informe de la “Comisión de Investigación del Secretario General sobre el incidente de la flotilla del 31 de mayo de 2010”. El informe abordaba las cuestiones relativas al ataque de Israel contra el Mavi Marmara–que acabó con la vida de nueve civiles turcos [...]

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On May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos boarded 6 ships participating in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in order to prevent them from breaking Israel’s blockade of Gaza strip to deliver humanitarian supplies. 8 Turkish nationals and a Turkish American were killed in the operation, and the event sparked international outcry and severely strained [...]

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“Ya es hora de naturalizar el flujo de la historia”, escribió Ahmet Davutoglu, Ministro turco de Asuntos Exteriores (en el británico The Guardian, 16 de marzo).
El proceso de naturalización está ya en marcha en la región que Davutoglu no quiso describir como Oriente Medio (argumentando que ese término representa un “orientalismo” [...]

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El tema quedó resuelto en cuanto el ministro de exteriores de Turquía, Ahmet Davutoglu, dijo a la agencia de noticias Anatolia: “La coalición que fue se formó después de la reunión de París abandonará la misión y la entregará enteramente a un solo sistema de comando bajo la OTAN”.
La Organización del Tratado [...]

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“Now it is time to naturalize the flow of history,” wrote Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (British Guardian, March 16).
The process of naturalization is now underway in the region Davutoglu refused to describe as the Middle East (arguing that the term is “orientalist”, and preferring to call the region “West Asia and the [...]

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Hace poco encontraron tres momias en un templo subterráneo en Luxor, Egipto. La traducción de los jeroglíficos las identificó como Choque de Civilizaciones, Fin de la Historia, e Islamofobia. Imperaron en dominios occidentales hacia la segunda década del Siglo XXI antes de morir y de que las embalsamaran.
Hasta ahí todo resuelto. [...]

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Entrevista a Noam Chomsky
La resistencia de la Unión Europea a la adhesión de Turquía por considerar que no cumple los criterios exigidos en materia de Derechos Humanos no está del todo injustificada, pero la clave que explica la poco probable integración de Turquía en la UE es el racismo europeo. Así se expresó el domingo [...]

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Chomsky: “Though the Iranian threat is not military, that does not mean that it might be tolerable to Washington. Iranian deterrent capacity is an illegitimate exercise of sovereignty that interferes with US global designs. Specifically, it threatens US control of Middle East energy resources, a high priority of planners since World War II, which yields “substantial control of the world,” one influential figure advised (A. A. Berle).

But Iran’s threat goes beyond deterrence. It is also seeking to expand its influence. As the Institute study formulates the threat, Iran is “destabilizing” the region. US invasion and military occupation of Iran’s neighbors is “stabilization.” Iran’s efforts to extend its influence in neighboring countries is “destabilization,” hence plainly illegitimate. It should be noted that such revealing usage is routine.”

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By participating at such a high capacity in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, with firm intentions of breaking the siege, Turkey was escalating its involvement well beyond Israel’s comfort zone. Therefore, Israel needed a decisive response that would send a message to Turkey — and any daring other — about crossing the line of what is and is not acceptable. It’s ironic how the neoconservatives’ “A Clean Break” envisaged an Israeli violation of the political and geographic boundaries of its neighbors, with the help of Turkey. Yet, 14 years later, it was Turkey, with representatives from 32 other countries, which came with a peaceful armada to breach what Israel perceived as its own political domain. The Israeli response, as bloody as it was, can only be understood within this larger context.

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