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Honoring Hitler in Turkey
Hitler Honored in Upscale Instanbul Mall
Turkey is now not only openly hostile to the Jewish State, but also to the Jewish people.
Published: January 15th, 2013
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Hitler's poster in an Istanbul mall.
People who have been paying attention know that relations between Israel and Turkey have been eroding, but not many realize that Turkey is now not only openly hostile to the Jewish State, but also to the Jewish people.
On Friday, January 11, a Turkish citizen took a picture to show exactly how belligerent Turkey has become. The picture is of a huge poster with the words, “Who Would You Like to Meet if You Could?” and the last name, and only photograph, is of Adolf Hitler. The other choices include Suleiman I, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Napolean Bonaparte, the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Vladimir Lenin, Boris Yeltsin, Leonardo Da Vinci, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Jackson. But only Hitler warranted a picture, a huge one at that.
According to Ege Berk Korkut, an active Turkish writer and blogger, the sign was placed in the Sapphire Mall by the owners, a group of Turkish businessmen who are devoted to Erdogan. Korkut explained to The Jewish Press that the Sapphire is an ultra-upscale mall in Levent, the wealthiest neighborhood in Istanbul. The Sapphire building is one of the tallest buildings in Europe.
Korkut said that while a few people have complained about the banner – and the management has refused to remove it – most shoppers just glance at it and continue shopping. Ho-hum, nothing startling or even mildly interesting about a huge photograph of Adolf Hitler hanging in the Turkish equivalent of Via Bellagio in Las Vegas or The Shops at Columbus Circle in New York City.
And it is not only Israel and the Jews towards which Turkey has turned its back.
The Iranian Ambassador to Turkey, Bahman Hussein Pour, discussed the close and ever-increasing Iranian-Turkish relations in an article in the January 14 MehrNews.com, an Iranian news agency.
Hussein Pour pointed out that while Western countries, “especially the U.S.,” have been pressuring Turkey to reduce economic relations with Iran, “Iran-Turkey trade volume exceeds $21b this year for the first time.” The Iranian Ambassador concluded that Turkish-Iranian relations are irreversible.
In addition to the trade relations between the two countries which has more than quadrupled since 2008, Hussein Pour also explained that “more than 15 Turkish provinces have become sister provinces with Iranian ones.”
The timing of the statements is important, as many had predicted that relations between the neighboring nations would deteriorate over the violence in Syria, which also shares a border with Turkey. Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan has repeatedly called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, while Iran is the principle backer of the Assad regime. Nevertheless, Iran has benefited greatly from Turkey’s import of Iranian oil, and Turkey has prospered from millions of Iranian tourists. In a move that benefits both countries, hundreds of Turkish movies have been filmed in northern Iran.
This cozy relationship has developed despite the very public love letters President Barack Obama sent to Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan. Middle East analyst Barry Rubin wrote a telling piece in the spring about the one-sided relationship between Obama and Erdogan. In addition to recounting Obama’s amorous actions towards the leader of Turkey who has turned that giant ship away from the West and into the harbor of the Islamist world, Rubin pointed out that in 2010 Erdogan made a “deal with Iran that sabotaged the delicate U.S. drive to toughen anti-Iran sanctions.” And despite that blow to U.S. policy and insult to Obama, the U.S. president gave Turkey a waiver on implementing the Iranian sanctions. Rubin called it “remarkable,” others might call it alarming.
With a huge flattering photograph of Hitler hanging in the fanciest mall in Istanbul, and Erdogan inching towards BFF status with Ahmadinejad, perhaps it is time for this administration to rethink putting daylight between the U.S. and Israel, and instead start putting it between the U.S. and Turkey.
Must Oppose Hagel nomination
Dear Friends,
We MUST stand together in protest of the Hagel nomination by contacting our Senators and especially those in the NY district of Senator Schumer. Please encourage your lists to participate in a MASSIVE PROTEST and ask them NOT to support Chuck Hagel's nomination for Secretary of Defense. Congressional offices keep tallies of these responses.
Read below the history of how Chuck Hagel really feels about Jews and Israel.
Please share with your lists,
Beverly Sandler
CONTACT YOUR SENATORS TO OPPOSE HAGEL FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE!
We MUST stand together in protest of the Hagel nomination by contacting our Senators and especially those in the NY district of Senator Schumer. Please encourage your lists to participate in a MASSIVE PROTEST and ask them NOT to support Chuck Hagel's nomination for Secretary of Defense. Congressional offices keep tallies of these responses.
Read below the history of how Chuck Hagel really feels about Jews and Israel.
Please share with your lists,
Beverly Sandler
CONTACT YOUR SENATORS TO OPPOSE HAGEL FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE!
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To Protect Our Heritage PAC, the Midwest's oldest and largest bi-partisan pro-Israel
political action committee, urges you to contact your senators and ask them not
to support Chuck Hagel's nomination for Secretary of Defense.
Hagel has consistently argued for appeasing our enemies and deserting our friends.
Hagel has a long history of standing on the wrong side of foreign policy decisions:
On Syria, Hagel failed to stand up for American interests and against tyranny.
In 1998, Hagel returned from a meeting with Hafez Al-Assad assessing Assad as a
peace partner.
In November 2003, Hagel did not vote for the Syria Accountability Act, which passed
by a vote of 89 to 4.
In July 2006, after Hezbollah attacks on Israel, Hagel called on President Bush
to in effect reward the terror group by engaging in open direct talks with its sponsors,
Iran and Syria.
In June 2008, Hagel sought to further encourage the terror-sponsoring Syrian regime
by returning the U.S. Ambassador to Damascus." Later he failed to understand the
threat of the Iranian-Syrian alliance, calling it merely a "marriage of convenience."
In October 2009, Hagel continued to view Assad through benign-colored glasses, and
called for direct U.S.-Syria talks at the highest levels.
Tens of thousands of dead Syrians are testimony to Hagel's poor political judgment.
On terrorism, Hagel has favored reducing pressure on terrorist groups and their
sponsors but has shown no reluctance to heap blame on Israel and the U.S.
Aug. 27, 1998, Hagel blamed Israel for Peace Impasse" saying Israel has ''essentially
stopped the process'' and excused Palestinian violence.
''What I fear more today is that desperate men do desperate things when you take
hope away...And that's where the Palestinians are today.''
In October 2000, Hagel was one of only four Senators who refused to sign a letter
expressing support for Israel during the Palestinian intifada.
In November 2001, Hagel was one of 11 Senators who refused to sign a letterrequesting
President Bush not meet with Yasser Arafat until Arafat's Fatah ceased attacks on
Israel.
In May 2002, Hagel said he would have opposed a House resolution that blamed Arafat
and the Palestinians for terrorism.
In June 2002, on CNN, Hagel refused to call Yasser Arafat and insisted that Arafat
had a constructive role to play in the peace process.
In June 2002, after two years of Palestinian suicide bombings and terror attacks
had murdered hundreds of Israelis, Hagel told an anti-Israel conference that the
U.S. alliance with Israel should not come at the expense of Palestinians, and that
the U.S. must impose an "end game" on Israel and the Palestinians.
In July 2002, in a Washington Post op-ed written after several of the most deadly
months of Palestinian suicide bombings, Hagel absolved the Palestinians of responsibility
stating that Palestinians could not be expected to make reforms as long as "Israeli
military occupation and settlement activity." Hagel insisted that "Israel must take
steps to show its commitment to peace" - after Israel had twice offered the Palestinians
a state in negotiations.
In April 2004, Hagel refused to sign onto a letter asking the UN not to support
an International Court of Justice "advisory opinion" (i.e. automatic condemnation)
on Israel's security fence, which stopped the entry of suicide bombers into Israel
and saved countless lives. The letter garnered 79 Senate signatures.
In December 2005, Hagel was one of 27 Senators who refused to sign a letter to President
Bush requesting the U.S. pressure the Palestinians to ban terrorist groups from
participating in legislative elections.
In July 2006, Hagel called on President Bush to demand an immediate cease-fire when
Israel retaliated against Hezbollah. He accused Israel of "the systematic destruction
of an American friend - the country and people of Lebanon."
In different remarks during the same month, Hagel accused Israel of carrying out
a "sickening slaughter."
In January 2007, Hagel said that Palestinians have been "chained down for many,
many years." "But when people have no hope, when there's despair, little else matters.
And this is not about terrorists [who]don't like freedom. Tell that to the Palestinian
people who have been chained down for many, many years."
In August 2006, Hagel was only of 12 senators who refused to sign a letter asking
the EU to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
In March 2009, Hagel signed a public letter urging President Obama to open direct
negotiations with Hamas.
In March 2009,as mentioned, in an interview on Al Jazeera, Hagel agreed that the
U.S. is "the world's bully."
On Iran, Chuck Hagel has sought to protect that rogue nation from U.S. sanctions
and diplomatic pressure.
In June 2001, Hagel denounced proposed sanctions on Iran, asserting they "isolate
us."
In July 2001, Hagel voted against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act, which passed
96-2.
In June 2004, Hagel refused to sign a letter urging that President Bush highlight
Iran's nuclear program while at the G-8 summit.
In October 2007, Hagel sent a private letter to President Bush urging "direct, unconditional"
talks with Iran to create a "historic new dynamic in US-Iran relations."
In March 2007, Hagel declined to join 72 Senators in supporting a bipartisan sanctions
bill called the Iran Counter Proliferation Act.
In September 2007, Hagel opposed 76 Senators in voting against designating Iran's
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.
In November 2007, Hagel claimed that "Continued hostile relations between the United
States and Iran will have the effect of isolating the United States."
In July 2008, Hagel voted in the Senate Banking Committee against legislation imposing
sanctions on countries conducting certain business with Iran. It passed 19-2.
In October 2008, Hagel was cited as "solely responsible" for holding up a bipartisan
Iran sanctions bill in the Senate that had 72 co-sponsors.
In March 2009, in an interview on Al Jazeera, Hagel agreed that the U.S. is "the
world's bully."
Not only has Chuck Hagel has sought to blame Israel for Palestinian terrorism and
for all the unrest in the Middle East, he has been both silent and disturbingly
outspoken about anti-Semitism.
In June 1999, Hagel was the only U.S. Senator who refused to sign an American Jewish
Committee ad in the New York Times asking Russian President Boris Yeltsin to combat
anti-Semitism in Russia.
In 2008, in an interview with author Aaron David Miller, Hagel used a well-tested
anti-Semitic trope: the accusation of dual loyalty. "The political reality is that
... the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here." He continued, describing
his reaction to a meeting in New York with supporters of Israel, where he told the
audience: "Let me clear something up here if there's any doubt in your mind. I'm
a United States Senator. I'm not an Israeli senator. I'm a United States Senator."
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about Hagel's nomination, we who are committed to a strong U.S., a safe Israel,
and an unshakable alliance between the two democracies are very concerned,very concerned.
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To Protect Our Heritage PAC, the Midwest's oldest and largest bi-partisan pro-Israel
political action committee, urges you to contact your senators and ask them not
to support Chuck Hagel's nomination for Secretary of Defense.
Hagel has consistently argued for appeasing our enemies and deserting our friends.
Hagel has a long history of standing on the wrong side of foreign policy decisions:
On Syria, Hagel failed to stand up for American interests and against tyranny.
In 1998, Hagel returned from a meeting with Hafez Al-Assad assessing Assad as a
peace partner.
In November 2003, Hagel did not vote for the Syria Accountability Act, which passed
by a vote of 89 to 4.
In July 2006, after Hezbollah attacks on Israel, Hagel called on President Bush
to in effect reward the terror group by engaging in open direct talks with its sponsors,
Iran and Syria.
In June 2008, Hagel sought to further encourage the terror-sponsoring Syrian regime
by returning the U.S. Ambassador to Damascus." Later he failed to understand the
threat of the Iranian-Syrian alliance, calling it merely a "marriage of convenience."
In October 2009, Hagel continued to view Assad through benign-colored glasses, and
called for direct U.S.-Syria talks at the highest levels.
Tens of thousands of dead Syrians are testimony to Hagel's poor political judgment.
On terrorism, Hagel has favored reducing pressure on terrorist groups and their
sponsors but has shown no reluctance to heap blame on Israel and the U.S.
Aug. 27, 1998, Hagel blamed Israel for Peace Impasse" saying Israel has ''essentially
stopped the process'' and excused Palestinian violence.
''What I fear more today is that desperate men do desperate things when you take
hope away...And that's where the Palestinians are today.''
In October 2000, Hagel was one of only four Senators who refused to sign a letter
expressing support for Israel during the Palestinian intifada.
In November 2001, Hagel was one of 11 Senators who refused to sign a letterrequesting
President Bush not meet with Yasser Arafat until Arafat's Fatah ceased attacks on
Israel.
In May 2002, Hagel said he would have opposed a House resolution that blamed Arafat
and the Palestinians for terrorism.
In June 2002, on CNN, Hagel refused to call Yasser Arafat and insisted that Arafat
had a constructive role to play in the peace process.
In June 2002, after two years of Palestinian suicide bombings and terror attacks
had murdered hundreds of Israelis, Hagel told an anti-Israel conference that the
U.S. alliance with Israel should not come at the expense of Palestinians, and that
the U.S. must impose an "end game" on Israel and the Palestinians.
In July 2002, in a Washington Post op-ed written after several of the most deadly
months of Palestinian suicide bombings, Hagel absolved the Palestinians of responsibility
stating that Palestinians could not be expected to make reforms as long as "Israeli
military occupation and settlement activity." Hagel insisted that "Israel must take
steps to show its commitment to peace" - after Israel had twice offered the Palestinians
a state in negotiations.
In April 2004, Hagel refused to sign onto a letter asking the UN not to support
an International Court of Justice "advisory opinion" (i.e. automatic condemnation)
on Israel's security fence, which stopped the entry of suicide bombers into Israel
and saved countless lives. The letter garnered 79 Senate signatures.
In December 2005, Hagel was one of 27 Senators who refused to sign a letter to President
Bush requesting the U.S. pressure the Palestinians to ban terrorist groups from
participating in legislative elections.
In July 2006, Hagel called on President Bush to demand an immediate cease-fire when
Israel retaliated against Hezbollah. He accused Israel of "the systematic destruction
of an American friend - the country and people of Lebanon."
In different remarks during the same month, Hagel accused Israel of carrying out
a "sickening slaughter."
In January 2007, Hagel said that Palestinians have been "chained down for many,
many years." "But when people have no hope, when there's despair, little else matters.
And this is not about terrorists [who]don't like freedom. Tell that to the Palestinian
people who have been chained down for many, many years."
In August 2006, Hagel was only of 12 senators who refused to sign a letter asking
the EU to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
In March 2009, Hagel signed a public letter urging President Obama to open direct
negotiations with Hamas.
In March 2009,as mentioned, in an interview on Al Jazeera, Hagel agreed that the
U.S. is "the world's bully."
On Iran, Chuck Hagel has sought to protect that rogue nation from U.S. sanctions
and diplomatic pressure.
In June 2001, Hagel denounced proposed sanctions on Iran, asserting they "isolate
us."
In July 2001, Hagel voted against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act, which passed
96-2.
In June 2004, Hagel refused to sign a letter urging that President Bush highlight
Iran's nuclear program while at the G-8 summit.
In October 2007, Hagel sent a private letter to President Bush urging "direct, unconditional"
talks with Iran to create a "historic new dynamic in US-Iran relations."
In March 2007, Hagel declined to join 72 Senators in supporting a bipartisan sanctions
bill called the Iran Counter Proliferation Act.
In September 2007, Hagel opposed 76 Senators in voting against designating Iran's
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.
In November 2007, Hagel claimed that "Continued hostile relations between the United
States and Iran will have the effect of isolating the United States."
In July 2008, Hagel voted in the Senate Banking Committee against legislation imposing
sanctions on countries conducting certain business with Iran. It passed 19-2.
In October 2008, Hagel was cited as "solely responsible" for holding up a bipartisan
Iran sanctions bill in the Senate that had 72 co-sponsors.
In March 2009, in an interview on Al Jazeera, Hagel agreed that the U.S. is "the
world's bully."
Not only has Chuck Hagel has sought to blame Israel for Palestinian terrorism and
for all the unrest in the Middle East, he has been both silent and disturbingly
outspoken about anti-Semitism.
In June 1999, Hagel was the only U.S. Senator who refused to sign an American Jewish
Committee ad in the New York Times asking Russian President Boris Yeltsin to combat
anti-Semitism in Russia.
In 2008, in an interview with author Aaron David Miller, Hagel used a well-tested
anti-Semitic trope: the accusation of dual loyalty. "The political reality is that
... the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here." He continued, describing
his reaction to a meeting in New York with supporters of Israel, where he told the
audience: "Let me clear something up here if there's any doubt in your mind. I'm
a United States Senator. I'm not an Israeli senator. I'm a United States Senator."
While the Ayatollahs in Iran are hopeful [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0011NyIWY6xWryoDAEo7Dk-GXXcfsLxtj_xRoVlFztnE4ohDb4uJkd1p7F5uqCdpjCcQV4shAPEfUcpDVPxDnic6BYTRVV6d5pJLvQHEB4QzAvylQfzEqCj8ag8qSRmK3yXM0bFCpW3yDVLefi5caGToTz4sq1dK23XdzDw2p654o3iSY7Zd8LglS93-BF55z7w88Wl-Vp_jtoBCJ3IbsDEqreW11Rismbwn0xu-gQOJH6EeJMIxFIt2emfqJ5CI9j-05LosMHOjpnrke8kt8Q_xayHKHl9wBZNDU6QAugei08=]
about Hagel's nomination, we who are committed to a strong U.S., a safe Israel,
and an unshakable alliance between the two democracies are very concerned,very concerned.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Torah the correct GPS
Torah has the correct GPS directions
Woman drives 900 miles out of her way after GPS error
By Mike Krumboltz | The Sideshow – 52 mins agoEmail 0Share Tweet0Share0Print
GPS device giving directions (MCT via Getty Images)
Put too much faith in technology and you may wind up in Croatia. A 67-year-old woman from Belgium learned that the hard way after she followed (faulty) directions from her GPS device.
The woman only wanted to go about 90 miles from her hometown of Hainault Erquelinnes, Belgium, to pick up a friend at the Brussels train station. Her GPS device sent her about 900 miles to the south before (during the second day of driving) she realized that something was amiss. It's unclear if she entered the address incorrectly or if the GPS was faulty.
Discovery explains that the driver, Sabine Moreau, stopped twice for gas, slept on the side of the road, and "even suffered a minor car accident" along the way. She told El Mundo that she wasn't paying attention.
I was distracted, so I kept driving. I saw all kinds of traffic signs, first in French, then German and finally in Croatian, but I kept driving because I was distracted. Suddenly I appeared in Zagreb and I realized I wasn't in Belgium anymore.
The lesson here: If you start seeing road signs in (multiple) foreign languages, pull over. You're probably going the wrong way.
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