"Turkish Foreign Minister Slams Israeli Settlements in Harvard Speech"

Friends,

I wanted to share my latest Huffington Post piece:

"Turkish Foreign Minister Slams Israeli Settlements in Harvard Speech"

October 4, 2010

By Sanjeev Bery

Full article:  http://bit.ly/turkey-israel

Speaking at Harvard last week, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu criticized Israel's decision to continue building settlements on Palestinian land:

"Jewish settlements [themselves] are illegal. How can we talk on the extension of [the] moratorium or extension of Jewish settlements?"

With peace negotiations on the verge of falling apart, the comments demonstrate increasing anger at Israel from a former ally. The Turkish Foreign Minister also declared Gaza an "open prison" and stated that Palestinians have "the full right to live in their own country with full sovereignty based on 1967 territory, including Eastern Jerusalem."

Read more at: http://bit.ly/turkey-israel

Full link:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanjeev-bery/harvard-turkish-foreign-m_b_744767.html

Thanks,

Sanjeev Bery
Freedom Forward
http://freedomforward.org

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