Nadene Goldfoot
Turkey has the chutzpah to object to Israel's being in the future NATO Summit in Chicago. Is the USA's Secretary of State Hillary Clinton going to let the only reliable and capable ally in the region to be ostracized? Their reasoning is that NATO-Israel relations can't be normal until Turkey-Israel relations are normalized. The question I ask is, "How is that ever going to happen?"
This one member out of the 28 nation alliance is being controlling with no doubt an anti-Semitic bent. Israel has so much to offer the group; insights on strategic developments such as instability in Syria, knowing more about Iran and their atomic buildup to make nuclear weapons, etc.
Turkey also has said that Israel can't join until their Organization of Islamic Cooperation can also participate. I wonder if they have any idea about how to cooperate? They were involved in invading Israel's waters with an illegal ship intending to bring who knows what into Gaza and wouldn't allow Israel to check out the ship. Israel's intentions of checking out ships was announced way earlier for all. They screwed things up themselves with Israel and expect deference now from Israel like an apology, etc. Turkey was a pain in the neck when they were known as the Ottoman Empire and they still are acting like spoiled children.
The American Jewish Committee has already asked our government to lift this sanction and not allow Israel to be ostracized from the group. Considering that 75% of NATO's budget comes from the USA, one would think that the USA would have more than enough clout.
Obama has made it known that the big topic of the meeting is about Afghanistan. Russia's opposition to Missile Defense Plans is 2nd on the agenda, and last they are going to discuss their own future as so many of the European members come from countries short on money. Fifty (50) countries will be represented and attending, from Iceland to Korea.
Resource: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8645678
Arutz Sheva news@israelnationalnews.com : Israeli Participation in Upcoming NATO Summit? by Rachel Hirshfeld
Turkey has the chutzpah to object to Israel's being in the future NATO Summit in Chicago. Is the USA's Secretary of State Hillary Clinton going to let the only reliable and capable ally in the region to be ostracized? Their reasoning is that NATO-Israel relations can't be normal until Turkey-Israel relations are normalized. The question I ask is, "How is that ever going to happen?"
This one member out of the 28 nation alliance is being controlling with no doubt an anti-Semitic bent. Israel has so much to offer the group; insights on strategic developments such as instability in Syria, knowing more about Iran and their atomic buildup to make nuclear weapons, etc.
Turkey also has said that Israel can't join until their Organization of Islamic Cooperation can also participate. I wonder if they have any idea about how to cooperate? They were involved in invading Israel's waters with an illegal ship intending to bring who knows what into Gaza and wouldn't allow Israel to check out the ship. Israel's intentions of checking out ships was announced way earlier for all. They screwed things up themselves with Israel and expect deference now from Israel like an apology, etc. Turkey was a pain in the neck when they were known as the Ottoman Empire and they still are acting like spoiled children.
The American Jewish Committee has already asked our government to lift this sanction and not allow Israel to be ostracized from the group. Considering that 75% of NATO's budget comes from the USA, one would think that the USA would have more than enough clout.
Obama has made it known that the big topic of the meeting is about Afghanistan. Russia's opposition to Missile Defense Plans is 2nd on the agenda, and last they are going to discuss their own future as so many of the European members come from countries short on money. Fifty (50) countries will be represented and attending, from Iceland to Korea.
Resource: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8645678
Arutz Sheva news@israelnationalnews.com : Israeli Participation in Upcoming NATO Summit? by Rachel Hirshfeld
