Erdogan declared that Allah will personally wipe out Israel and just this morning informed the Turkish parliament that “media outlets supported by Jews are disseminating false reports”. Seems perfect:
Hamas is set to announce that it is willing to allow a Turkish force to deploy at Rafah crossing, despite earlier insistence that it would treat any international presence along Gaza’s border as an occupying force. Hamas would agree to a Turkish deployment of forces because it “harbors respect to Turkey as an Islamic nation,” a Hamas source told the paper. Turkey has made clear that it would be willing to contribute to a “technical” or “observer” mission.
In fairness, the secular Turkish military is quite literally the farthest thing from their increasingly Islamist political echelon. Some of the army’s more exuberant nationalists have been getting visibly antsy for months and Erdogan’s public musings about Allah’s wrath can’t be helping. But things have gotten so bad in Turkey that there’s no way to know how a coup would play out: there may not be enough secular sentiment left in the country for it to be sustainable. And if Islamists start influencing the military then these vaunted monitors are going to be exactly as useful as those nonexistent EU monitors.
Plus the full plan calls for a dual French-Turkish monitoring force. And French peacekeepers – how can I put this gently – fucking suck.
References:
* Turkey: Allah Will Personally Wipe Out Israel [MR]
* Erdogan slams Israel harshly in televised parliamentary session [JPost]
* ‘Hamas agrees to Turkish force in Rafah’ [JPost]
* Suspected coup plotters arrested in Turkey [JPost]
* EU Again Backs Out of Monitoring Agreement, Endangers Israeli Security [MR]
* France, Turkey willing to send troops to Gaza as part of cease-fire [JPost]
* Again With the Idiotic French Self-Congratulation On How Their Soldiers Haven’t Disobeyed Basic Instructions [MR]
Previously:
* Wonderful Story Of Jewish-Muslim Cooperation On Temple Mount Destroyed… By Radical Muslims
* Abe Foxman Should Stop Saying Words – Incoherent Support For Armenian Genocide Resolution Edition
* Awww… Turkey’s So Pissed Off At Israel That They Might Not Help Israel Give Syria Back The Golan
