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King_David

(14,851 posts)
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 12:37 AM Jul 2014

Turkish singer writes anti-Semitic tweets over Gaza

Yildiz Tilbe praises Hitler, calls for elimination of Jews in online rant backed by Ankara mayor; Jewish community calls for probe

ANKARA — A popular Turkish female pop singer was under pressure Friday to make a public apology after she posted a succession of anti-Semitic tweets over Israel’s deadly air campaign in Gaza.

Yildiz Tilbe, who has been making folk-influenced hit albums since the 1990s, appeared to praise Hitler in the tweets and say the end of the Jews was near.

“If God allows, it will be again Muslims who will bring the end of those Jews, it is near, near,” she tweeted on her official account @YildizzTilbee.

“They (Jews) are hostile to Allah and all prophets including their own prophet Moses.”

In another tweet she appeared to praise Hitler for the mass extermination of Jews in the Holocaust, writing “May God bless Hitler.”

The Jewish Community of Turkey condemned the singer’s tweets as “racist and inciting hatred,” calling on judicial authorities to “immediately start necessary legal procedures” under the country’s penal code.


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Turkish singer writes anti-Semitic tweets over Gaza (Original Post) King_David Jul 2014 OP
A lot of people do not realize that Israel is losing their PR war not because their cause is unjust, King_David Jul 2014 #1
Meanwhile members of Israel's government call for genocide on social media Scootaloo Jul 2014 #2
Not only a Turkish pop star King_David Jul 2014 #3

King_David

(14,851 posts)
1. A lot of people do not realize that Israel is losing their PR war not because their cause is unjust,
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 12:41 AM
Jul 2014

It is very just to stop Hamas from nuking the area and raining rockets on Israel's cities.

But a lot of the lack of support actually comes from innate anti-Semitic reasons. Not only in Arab countries.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
2. Meanwhile members of Israel's government call for genocide on social media
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 02:53 AM
Jul 2014

But thanks for keeping us abreast of the really important stuff, like the shitty opinions of a Turkish pop star, Dave. Thank god we can brush the mass murder of Arabs under the rug because some jackass somewhere hates Jews. i mean they're more than equal right? 180 dead Arabs, a twit tweeting her twittery?

Also, "God Bless Hitler"? She ought to be careful, the Zionist Organization of America passes out lifetime achievement awards for shit like that.

King_David

(14,851 posts)
3. Not only a Turkish pop star
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 09:08 AM
Jul 2014

At a Boston demonstration yesterday the crowd started calling the Jewish students counter-demonstrating "Jesus Killers"

It's not an isolated incident.

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