As
a Kurd, I want to know from the State of Israel;
Feb 13, 2008
by Axin Arbili
The Conservative Voice
Why is Israel allied with the Turkish military? Why does Israel support the
Turkish forces in murdering Kurdish civilians? Why does Israel provide unmanned
aerial vehicles, intelligence, and equipment used by the Turks to attack the
Kurdish liberation movement, capture, torture, murder our freedom fighters? Why
does Israel participate in the Turkish crimes against humanity? Why does Israel
support the Turkish military dictatorship and thus a status quo that is
barbaric, criminal, genocidal? Why does Israel support the Turkish propaganda,
tyranny, fascism?
What are the benefits of this partnership for Israel? Why does Israel value an
alliance with a state which is Islamic, which has traditionally, emotionally,
religiously always sided with the Palestinian Muslims? Why does it believe in a
friendly Turkish state which actually permits and supports anti-Israel,
anti-Jewish propaganda in its schools, media, mosques? Are the Jews still
dhimmis of the Turks, as they were under the Ottomans? Is Israel afraid of
Turkey? Has Ankara perhaps threatened you, forced you to cooperate?
Or is Israel simply following US guidelines for maintaining Western “strategic
interests” in the Middle East? Why did Israeli governments and Jewish
organizations in the USA help prevent, on behalf of the Turkish regime, the
recognition of the Armenian genocide by Senate and Congress? Why is the
genocide, after nine decades of proven facts and documentation, still not been
recognized by your own parliament? Isn’t that a shame for the State of Israel
and for all those conscious of the Shoah? How can Israel complain about
Ahmadinejad’s statement of the Holocaust being a myth when at the same the
Jewish parliament refuses to recognize the Armenian genocide? Shouldn’t Israel
be different from other nations? Shouldn’t Israel be a beacon of moral
conscious, truth, hope, and justice for the world? Why is Israel engaged in
double games and double-standards of realpolitik?
But what really is Israel’s gain in all of this? In what ways does Israel profit
from collaborating with the Turkish regime and military, a state which denies
the existence and rights of 30 million people, which is suppressing their
identity, language, and culture, which is burning and bombarding their villages,
which is humiliating, terrorizing, murdering innocent men, women, and children
just because they are Kurds who want to live as free Kurds. Don’t the Jews have
any empathy at all for the suffering of a defenceless people? Why is there no
word of condemnation from Israel about the Turkish atrocities and crimes? Why is
Israel silent? Is it just (weapons) business as usual, are profits more
important than human life?
At least why doesn’t Israel remain neutral, why is it engaged on the Turkish
side? Does Israel hope the Turks will be on their side in case of war with Iran?
Don’t the Jews know that the Turkish Muslims will not fight another Muslim state
that has the same strategic interests in the region, which is the domination
over the Kurds, occupation and exploitation of Kurdish lands? Don’t they know
that the Turkish and Iranian regimes have agreements on that and are cooperating
for decades? Do the Jews really believe that their purpose is served by
supporting a state of terror and crime, and that this will lead to more security
in their neighbourhood, to peace with the Arabs?
Why help bomb a movement that truly strives for freedom and democracy, that
could be a natural ally of Israel?
What are Israel’s reasons for a pact with the Devil?
