Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is like the crazy uncle at family gatherings who says things that nobody else wants to hear, or admit. Sure, sometimes he really says crazy things, but sometimes, he just speaks the truth.
Lieberman called Turkey’s demand for an apology over the IDF raid on the Marmara, in which nine Turkish civilians died, “beyond rude”. He also said lies were being heard from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “who visits Lebanon and threatens the State of Israel”.
Lieberman’s comments led Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to announce that the foreign minister’s views do not reflect that of the Israeli government, and that only Netanyahu can express official state opinions. A Likud minister added to this that Lieberman “must be out of his mind”.
When the PM of Turkey says that his country will stand with Lebanon in case of another war with Israel, you have to ask: What’s wrong with Lieberman calling him out on it?
“I heard the lies and false promises made by the foreign minister who said, ‘Look, we are ready to cooperate with Israel, look at how we came to help Israel with the fire in the Carmel and in our stead they would not have done the same.’ I want to remind him of the earthquake in 2007, when we sent delegations which were there for weeks. We worked and heard not a word,” Lieberman said.
I’m glad someone’s calling a lie a lie. The Turks are lying to the world, to their country, and to the media. And the lies are, as usual, uncritically reported by the mainstream media.
Someone’s got to tell the truth. It may as well be Crazy Uncle Avigdor.
Right, or what? Turkey will rail and rant and shake its little fist? Who cares? Let them slide all the way back to the Bronze Age.
I’m quite happy that finally there is somebody in Israel’s government not shy to call BS
when necessary. More power to Lieberman for that.
He also said that negotiations with Mahmoud Abbas are a waste of time – he is right!