Turks avenge deadly Israeli raid on the big screen
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ISTANBUL — You cannot kill a Turk with impunity — this is the message to Israel from a Turkish movie taking fictional revenge for a deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship last year and threatening fresh political tensions.
Valley of the Wolves: Palestine — to be shown in a dozen European countries and more than 20 others in the Middle East — promises to be a blockbuster with Turkish and Arab audiences, but may make life harder for Turkish diplomats at a time when ties with Israel are already in a deep crisis.
“Go and show the world what is really the state of Israel,” says an Israeli officer named Moshe Ben-Eliezer — an incarnation of evil — as he orders the assault on the Mavi Marmara ferry in the film.
The May 31 raid on the Turkish vessel claimed the lives of nine Turks, dealt a major blow to once-close Turkish-Israeli ties and triggered a wave of international criticism of the Jewish state..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110201com3.html
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