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Title: israel Wary At "Harsh" Turk Naval Challenge
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Published: Sep 9, 2011
Author: By Dan Williams
Post Date: 2011-09-09 13:35:36 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM | Fri Sep 9, 2011 12:56pm EDT

(Reuters) - Israel will keep blockading Gaza in the face of Turkey's unprecedented naval challenge and is prepared for escalation though it seeks to calm the waters with its ex-ally, officials said on Friday.

Deepening a crisis over Israel's killing last year of nine of their citizens aboard an aid flotilla that tried to reach the Palestinian enclave, the Turks vowed on Thursday to assign warships to escort such convoys in the future.

The prospect of a showdown at sea with Turkey, a NATO power and fellow U.S. strategic partner in the region, rattled Israelis already long on edge given Arab political upheaval and Iran's nuclear program.

Breaking an almost 24-hour-long silence on the warships announcement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Israeli policy "was and remains the prevention of deterioration in our ties with Turkey and easing the tensions between the countries."

"The prime minister and cabinet discussed the various theoretical possibilities should escalation occur. But a decision on such will be made only if and when required."

Confrontation did not appear imminent after the IHH, a Turkish Islamist charity that owned the Mavi Marmara cruise ship stormed by Israeli marines on May 31, 2010, said in Istanbul it had no plan "for now" to mount another Gaza mission.

But Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan also pledged to boost naval patrols around easter Mediterranean gas fields being developed by Israel, a potential blow to the Netanyahu government's quest for energy independence.

The Obama administration appealed for rapprochement.

"We are encouraging both countries to find a way to work together to overcome their differences and restore at least some of the friendship that they previously had," U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro told Israel Radio.

"SABER-RATTLING"

They had tried to mend fences ahead of a U.N. report last week that deemed the blockade a legal means to stem the flow of arms to Gaza's governing Hamas and other Palestinian militants. Israel formally declared it during a 2008-2009 war with Hamas.

Turkey argues that the naval closure amounts to illegal collective punishment of Gaza's impoverished 1.5 million Palestinians and conditioned reconciliation on it being lifted.

"There is no intent to review the blockade as long as Hamas amasses missiles. This is a measure consistent with international law," said Yigal Palmor, spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry.

The U.N. inquiry also called Israeli marines' gunfire in brawls aboard the Mavi Marmara "excessive and unreasonable" and the deaths caused "unacceptable." Israel voiced regret but rejected Ankara's demand for a formal apology and compensation.

While Turkey's navy outclasses Israel's, the latter could make use of its advanced air force in any coastal face-off. Yet analysts saw them coming to blows as unlikely. [nL5E7K91B2]

"The things Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said are harsh and serious, but I don't think it would be right to get into any verbal saber-rattling with him," Netanyahu deputy Dan Meridor told Israel's Army Radio. "Our silence is the best response. I hope this phenomenon will pass."

Erdogan's forceful comments about the Eastern Mediterranean also prompted a warning from the European Union not to threaten EU-member Cyprus.

Turkey is the only country that recognizes a separate Turkish-run state in Cyprus's northern third, which it invaded in 1974 in response to a Greek-inspired coup.

"You know that Israel has begun to declare that it has the right to act in exclusive economic areas in the Mediterranean," Erdogan said.

"You will see that it will not be the owner of this right, because Turkey, as the guarantor of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, has taken steps in the area, and it will be decisive and holding fast to the right to monitor international waters in the east Mediterranean."

EU spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said: "The EU urges Turkey to refrain from any kinds of threats, sources of friction that could negatively affect good neighborly relations and the peaceful settlement of border disputes."

Any dispute between Turkey and Israel is unlikely to embroil NATO, which operates on the basis of unanimous decisions, an official of the Western alliance said in Brussels.

"It's literally impossible for NATO to take any action that's not agreed by all 28 allies," the official said.

(Writing by Dan Williams; Additional reporting by Ari Rabinovitch in Jerusalem, Seltem Iyigunl and Ibon Villelabeitia in Istanbul and David Brunnstrom in Brussels) Subscribe to *Apartheid On Parade*

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#2. To: Brian S (#0)

Turkey flexes.

Israel needs help.

A 12 hour Battle will not be to Israel's advantage.

Too bad that erdogan Assassination Attempt went awry....;}

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-09-09   13:57:10 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: mcgowanjm (#2)

A 12 hour Battle will not be to Israel's advantage.

I don't really understand this point. Could you explain further, please?

I see Israel as incapable of a prolonged state of war or full mobilization. It can only fight a short war. Too many men off to the military only lasts a short while and then things head south for business back home.

Israel possesses a unilateral nuclear threat against its Arab neighbors, but not against a NATO power. Israel does not want to tangle with the Turks. At best, Israel would emerge severely weakened.

As a NATO member, the U.S. could hardly enter on behalf of Israel without fracturing the NATO alliance.

nolu chan  posted on  2011-09-09   15:37:29 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: nolu chan (#10)

As a NATO member, the U.S. could hardly enter on behalf of Israel without fracturing the NATO alliance.

It's ZATO.

And Nothing that follows was any different 9/11, Ten years ago:

Let’s have a look at the REAL situation in the financial system.

1) Greece is bankrupt. It has been for years. The market has finally stopped being moronic and figure out the obvious (so much for the “efficient” hypothesis).

2) Greece WILL default. This WILL crush German and French banks.

3) The EU in its current form (as well as the Euro) are DONE.

4) The US banking system is similarly fragile and on the verge of collapse.

5) The US economy is in a DE-pression and rolling over in a big way AGAIN. All the economic data is being massaged to look better than it is. Look around you, does the economy look OK to you?

6) The US Government is broke. Obama’s jobs plans is absurd. Where’s the money going to come from?

7) Bank of America (as well as the other TBTFs) is insolvent. The only reason they’re still in business is rampant fraud, lies, and theft. What’s happening in Greece is coming to them soon.

8) The Federal Reserve has lost control of the markets. QE 3, IF it comes, will accomplish nothing. Bernanke will be stepping down within 18 months and possibly facing legal battles.

Those are ALL FACTS. That’s the deal.

$1.5 Quadrillion Ponzi is now over. The $$$ not hidden. It's gone. The War of Terror takes a new leg up or is dismantled.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-09-09   16:06:50 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: mcgowanjm (#16)

ZATO

At a NATO HQ long, long ago, I recall NATO stood for Not Able To Organize.

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