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November 29, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/182/825.html?hp=0&loc=101&tmp=7265

Turkish Foreign Minister: Israel to Disappear as an Independent State

(Maariv-Hebrew, 28Nov10) Eli Bardenstein - "Israel cannot remain an independent state in the long run and a binational state will arise in its place," says Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. His vision is that Turkey will become the dominant force in the region and will also be the sponsor of that binational state. Davutoglu is considered the top ideologist of the ruling AKP party. The main idea raised repeatedly by Davutoglu, which he promotes through the media and within the Turkish government, is that an independent Israel in the region is illegitimate and therefore must disappear. This conclusion is based on a deeper belief that Turkey must restore its historical position from the days of the Ottoman empire, which ruled the Middle East for nearly 400 years. Only under these conditions will peace return to the Middle East.

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