The people of Turkey are particularly incensed by Israel’s raid on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, since many of the activists on those vessels were Turkish – as were most of the dead. Turks are also looking to the United States do something to stop Israel from committing what they and many others regard as war crimes. In one of two articles we’ve posted from Turkey today, columnist Huseyin Gulerce of the Zaman newspaper argues that the ‘Jewish hawks’ have and continue to maintain undue influence over the U.S. government – and that now is the time for America – and Europe – to show who’s in charge.
For Zaman, Huseyin Gulerce writes in part:
Israel’s attack on a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza in international waters and its unblinking murder of civilians has left the world in shock. Yet Israel’s history is filled with hundreds of examples of such barbarity.
It’s impossible to truly grasp what’s happening today without a thorough understanding of Israeli-U.S. relations. Allow me to recall the incident involving the USS Liberty, which Y?ld?ray Ogur mentioned in his article published in the Taraf Daily the other day.
During the Arab-Israeli war on June 8, 1967, the intelligence ship USS Liberty was attacked by Israeli jets and torpedo boats while sailing in international waters with a crew of 294 aboard. The attack killed 34 and wounded 171.
For many years, the surviving personnel of the USS Liberty asked members of Congress to investigate the attack. Not only have U.S. officials done nothing for 43 years on the matter, but they’ve refused to listen to any information about how the incident happened. It was a war crime – and failing to investigate a war crime is itself a crime.
The Liberty incident illustrates the magnitude of the continuing influence of the Jewish hawks over the U.S. government and politicians. But can the U.S. continue to bear the weight of the Israeli government’s preposterous and inhumane policies? No it cannot. In Israel, there may be rapacious and barbaric politicians who care little for the future of the Israeli people, but the whole of humanity cannot stand idly by and watch such vile recklessness and rapaciousness
America has to pull itself together, just as the European Union must.
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