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Israeli outcry over Turkish TV drama
United Press International ^ | October 15, 2009

Posted on 10/16/2009 1:27:21 AM PDT by myknowledge

JERUSALEM, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Israel has complained to the Turkish Embassy about a fictional drama aired on a Turkish state television channel depicting atrocities by Israeli soldiers.

The first episode of "Farewell" shown on the government-controlled TRT1 Tuesday portrayed Israeli soldiers as ruthless killers of innocent Palestinians, showing scenes of soldiers killing Palestinian babies and lining Palestinians up before a firing squad, Israeli media reported Thursday.

"This series, which has absolutely no connection to reality and portrays Israeli soldiers as murderers of innocent children, is not fit to be broadcast even in the most hostile countries and certainly not in a country that has full diplomatic relations with Israel," a statement released Wednesday by Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: idfatrocities; israel; turkey; tvdrama
Now they Turks are churning out demeaning propaganda in a TV show called "Farewell" about IDF soldiers committing 'atrocities' against the Palestinians.

How anti-Semitic!

1 posted on 10/16/2009 1:27:23 AM PDT by myknowledge
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2 posted on 10/16/2009 9:16:04 AM PDT by SJackson (In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)
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...a fictional drama aired on a Turkish state television channel depicting atrocities by Israeli soldiers...
Bibi-- got enough bombs to make a second sortie after Iran?
3 posted on 10/16/2009 4:07:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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