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| By: Tom Gross |
| Published: January 13, 2005 |
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Today's myth of the day from the Islamic press: This morning's Tehran Times claims that Israeli settlers are seeking to take over land in Turkey for the "greater Zionist project". This article, like so much written about Israel in the Middle Eastern (and also in large parts of the Western) media is of course preposterous, but nevertheless will no doubt be believed by many.
The immediate aim of articles like this is probably less to offend Israel than to try and stir up opposition among Turks to their government's relatively warm relations with Israel.
The article quotes Al-Jazeera as reporting that "the Zionist regime has made a proposal to establish a Jewish settlement in Turkey in southeastern Anatolia."
As a result of this "news," the paper said, "A wave of concern swept over Turkish citizens and political circles after the news was reported, since the Zionist regime's current policies remind them of Israel's usurpation of Palestinian territories and its slogan [sic] about the so-called Greater Israel: 'From the Nile to the Euphrates.'"
According to the report, "The Turkish magazine Nokta warned the Ankara administration of the risks entailed by Israel's plans. The magazine disclosed that 60 Jewish people living in southeastern Anatolia where a dam is under construction, goaded on by the Zionist regime, purchased some plots of land with a total area of 423 square kilometers, i.e., half the size of Turkey's largest city, Istanbul."
The article claimed that "Many Turkish political analysts have voiced their deep concern about the Zionist regime's activities in northern Iraq" and concluded that "Clearly, Turkey will face a serious predicament if it does not deal with the issue promptly and decisively." |
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Zionists eyeing Turkey's water resources
- (Tehran Times)
01.12.2005
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