Sorry to Remind You, but Golda Meir Was Right - Part IV of IV

by Burak Bekdil • August 30, 2014 at 5:00 am

In Turkey however, the protests were not peaceful. They included smashing a sculpture than was neither Jewish nor Israeli.

It was the usual "We-Muslims-can-kill each other-but-Jews-cannot" hysteria.

If Turkish crowds were protesting against Israel in a political dispute, why Koranic slogans? Why were they protesting in Arabic rather than their native language? Do Turks chant German slogans to protest nuclear energy?

Anti-Israel protesters in Istanbul are shown waving the flags of Hamas and the PLO, as well as the black flag of jihad, July 19, 2014. (Image source: PressTV YouTube video screenshot)

Finally, Adolf Hitler is a Turkish hero! With the current pace of events, a boulevard in Ankara can be named after him.

But the Turks' newfound Holocaust-fetish is not a euphemism for one of the 20^th century's greatest crimes; nor is their love affair with the funny moustached little man because he did, after all, kill Hitler.

The Fuhrer also once said something that might perfectly fit Turkey seven decades later: "I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few."

Turks love Hitler because they hate Jews (not Israelis or the Israeli government). Why, otherwise, would Turks be targeting, in every way possible, Turkish Jews -- who are full Turkish citizens like themselves?

Bulent Yildirim, for instance, one of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's favorite Islamists, said that, "Turkish Jews will pay dearly for Israel's actions."

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