Doc's Talk: "Valley of the Wolves: Palestine" is a Turkish movie portraying the Marmara affair as a premeditated IDF attack

Monday, December 20, 2010

"Valley of the Wolves: Palestine" is a Turkish movie portraying the Marmara affair as a premeditated IDF attack

The Meir Amit
Intelligence and Terrorism
Information Center

Overview

1. On January 28, 2011, the Turkish movie "Valley of the Wolves: Palestine," based on the affair of the Mavi Marmara will be shown in theaters. The plot deals with a Turkish agent and his comrades who go to Gaza to exact revenge from the Israeli commander responsible for planning the killing of passengers aboard the ship. The movie is another in a popular television and movie series entitled "Valley of the Wolves" which are anti-Israeli, anti-Semitism and anti-Western. 2. The trailer for the movie (available on YouTube) represents IDF soldiers as immoral murderers who shoot Mavi Marmara passengers in cold blood and kill innocent Palestinians. There is also a children's game called "Valley of the Wolves: Palestine" currently being sold in Turkey.1

3. The movie is another example of how the Mavi Marmara affair is exploited for intensive hate propaganda. The anti-Israeli incitement which is directed at target audiences in Turkey and abroad, is in our assessment carried out with the agreement of the Turkish government. For example, on November 14, 2010, IHH leader Bülent Yildirim, in an interview with the Islamic Turkish Star, accused Israel of the deliberate "massacre" of the Mavi Marmara passengers and described the "Zionists" [i.e., Jews] as controlling the United States, its president and Congress, the administration and the media.2

4. In previous TV seasons of "Valley of the Wolves" ("Valley of the Wolves: Trap," "Valley of the Wolves: Iraq") and in another movie produced by the same company that produced "Valley of the Wolves: Palestine" there are: a Jewish doctor who harvests organs from Iraqi war victims to transplant in Jewish patients, Israeli officials who kidnap Turkish babies to convert them, and IDF soldiers who shoot Palestinian children at close quarters.

The movie "Valley of the Wolves: Palestine"

5. The movie is a continuation of a popular television series which ran for several seasons, and of another "Valley of the Wolves" movie. It was filmed in south Turkey with landscapes similar to Israel's. Four hundred actors and crew members were involved in its production and Mark Meddings, a Hollywood specialist, supervised the special effects. Raci Sasmaz, who produced the movie and played the leading role, is a familiar face to Turkish TV viewers from his leading roles in previous episodes of the show.

6. The movie was supposed to premiere at the end of November 2010 but technical difficulties postponed the date and it will arrive in theaters on January 28, 2011.3 Based on past experience, it is reasonable to assume that the movie will be distributed to Turkish communities in countries abroad, such as Germany.4

7. The movie claims to expose the "human drama" of "Palestine" to the Turkish audience. In reality, it indoctrinates the viewer with a false narrative of Israeli soldiers deliberately killing innocent sea-faring passengers, exploiting the Mavi Marmara affair to defame Israel as killing innocent Palestinians and representing the Turks as coming to their aid in the "struggle" against Israel. It integrates authentic clips from the IDF takeover of the ship in which the passengers are seen sitting in the main lounge, among them sheikh Ra’ed Salah, head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel.

8. The plot deals with a Turkish agent who sets out to take revenge on a cruel Israeli general named Moshe Ben-Eliezer, who planned and executed the attack on the Mavi Marmara (the part is played by a Turkish actor who wears an eye-patch, reminiscent of Moshe Dayan). The trailer begins with the Israeli commander ordering the Mavi Marmara to stop, and when it refuses, IDF soldiers board the ship and attack the passengers, who try to defend themselves. Later, the Turkish agent and his comrades are sent to "Palestine" to exact revenge from the Israeli commander. The movie shows "Israeli soldiers" shooting handcuffed Palestinian prisoners. In the final scene, not even the Israeli general's cruelty and the advanced technological means he has at his disposal can save him from the avenging Turks5.

From the trailer: An Israeli soldier points a gun at passengers aboard the Mavi Marmara (YouTube.com)
From the trailer: An Israeli soldier points a gun at passengers
aboard the Mavi Marmara (YouTube.com)

Previous anti-Israeli series produced by the same company

9. Pana Film, which produced "Valley of the Wolves: Palestine," also produced the TV series and first movie bearing the same name. They are all anti-Israeli and on occasion anti-Semitic and anti-American and have been shown in Turkey and other countries for seven years. It also produced the anti-Israeli series "Separation" (see below). Pana Film has been making movies for 23 years. In the past the Turkish government banned a TV series called "Valley of the Wolves" which dealt with the relations between Turkey and the Kurds. On the other hand, the Turkish authorities did not ban series and movies with the same title which included strong anti-Israeli, anti-Jewish and anti-American incitement.

10. The "Valley of the Wolves" series, first broadcast in Turkey in 2003, had very high ratings and caused a public uproar. Various groups in Turkey, among them educators, were outraged by the excessive violence portrayed, which included scenes of torture. In 2007 the first episode of another series, this one called "Valley of the Wolves: Terrorism," was aired. The series dealt with stories of Turkish espionage against Kurdish organizations in Turkey. Following outrage from viewers unused to seeing that particularly sensitive subject on television, the series was shelved by the authorities after the first episode.6

11. In 2006 the movie spinoff "Valley of the Wolves: Iraq" was produced. It dealt with the Americans fighting in Iraq and represented the United States as carrying out atrocities against Iraqi civilians. The movie, which was shot in Syria, cost $10 million, making it the most expensive movie ever produced in Turkish history. It was a box-office hit in Turkey, where it has been estimated that four million people saw it.

12. One of the characters in the movie was a Jewish doctor who harvested kidneys from Iraqi war casualties and sent them to Tel Aviv, New York and London for transplant into Jewish patients. "Valley of the Wolves: Iraq" was shown in other countries and was particularly popular in the Turkish community in Germany. Because of its severe criticism of the United States army in Iraq and of its anti-Semitic contents, it was taken off the screens in America and was severely criticized in Germany (although it continued to be shown).7
Poster for “Valley of the Wolves: Iraq”
Poster for
"Valley of the Wolves: Iraq" From “Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (Picture's website). Gary Busey plays a greedy Jewish doctor who trades in the kidneys of Iraqi war casualties.
From "Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (Picture's website). Gary Busey plays a greedy Jewish doctor who trades in the kidneys of Iraqi war casualties.

13. In 2007 a new series was broadcast, this one called "Valley of the Wolves: Trap," which is still being aired. In January 2010 the series depicted Israeli Mossad agents and representatives as abducting Turkish babies to convert them to Judaism. The Turkish security forces were shown raiding the Israeli embassy, and after a hard-fought battle succeeding in rescuing an abducted Turkish child. In the dramatic final scene the Israeli ambassador puts a gun to the head of the Turkish nanny, who is holding a frightened child, and threatens to kill her. Without blinking, the Turkish officer shoots the ambassador between the eyes, his blood spraying an Israeli flag hung in the background.8

From the final scene of “Valley of the Wolves: Trap:”

From the final scene of “Valley of the Wolves: Trap:”
From the final scene of "Valley of the Wolves: Trap:" The Israeli ambassador threatens to kill the Turkish nanny. A Turkish officer shoots him and his blood sprays the Israeli flag.9

14. Pana Film also produced an anti-Israeli series called "Separation." It was broadcast on TRT1, the national Turkish television channel in October 2009 during prime time. The series is about a love story in the Gaza Strip during Operation Cast Lead. In one scene an Israeli soldier deliberately shoots an innocent Palestinian girl in the chest at close range, and she falls bleeding to the ground. The first episode is another example of the one-sided propaganda which shows Israeli soldiers abusing Palestinians. One of them is portrayed kicking a Palestinian, and others are seen beating innocent civilians. In the background there are pictures of tanks, explosions, children throwing rocks and corpses lying everywhere. In addition, there is a scene in which Palestinians face an IDF firing squad.10

From the series “Separation:” Palestinians face a firing squad of Israeli soldiers.
From the series "Separation:" Palestinians face a firing squad of Israeli soldiers.

1 http://youtube.com/watch?v=djR73J5NzAQ&feature=player_embedded. The Turkish newspaper Yeni Şafak, affiliated with the regime, also posted the trailer on its website.

2 For further information see the December 6, 2010 bulletin, “IHH leader Bülent Yildirim gave an interview focusing on the U.S. intention to designate the IHH as a terrorist organization and on the Mavi Marmara incident. Yildirim claimed “Zionists” controlled the U.S. and world media”

3 The kv-filistin.com website announced the delay on November 5, 2010.

4 http://nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/148/310.html and http://turkiyevehayatadair.com/2010/08/.

5 http://turkiyevehayatadair.com/2010/08/ kurtlar-vadisi-filistin-filmi.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Wolves

6 http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,07340,L-3832848,00.html

7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Wolves_Iraq, http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/010391.php, http://www.omedia.co.il/Show_Article.asp?DynamicContentID=1205&MenuID=735

8 http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/148/310.html

9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAUNl2ldTGQ&feature=player_embedded

10 http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3790138,00.html .

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The IDF’s Minorities in Numbers and Pictures

In honor of IDF Diversity Week, we present diversity through numbers and pictures. Each year, more and more Muslims, Christians, Druze, Bedouin and immigrants from around the world take on the responsibility of defending Israel.

MUSLIMS:

Muslim Arab Israelis are not required to draft in the IDF, but there are many who volunteer. In 2013, there were over 200 Muslims serving in the IDF and over 300 in the reserves.

Bedouins:

Bedouins are nomadic Muslims who were in Israel when modern borders were set in place and are now considered Israeli citizens. They are not required to draft but a growing number choose to enlist. In 2012, there were over 1,400 Bedouin Muslim soldiers doing regular IDF service and almost 1,500 in the reserves.

Read more:http://www.idfblog.com/2014/02/27/truth-idf-numbers-pictures/#more-34027

Are you aware that in 2013, Middle class taxes go up-significantly?

In January of next year, the federal income tax rate for middle-class taxpayers is scheduled to rise from 25 percent to 28 percent, and the payroll tax is scheduled to rise from 13.3 percent to 15.3 percent… This drives the marginal tax rate based on the aforementioned three taxes to 48.12 percent. Add in state and local property, corporate, excise, and other state and local taxes, and the percentage of each additional dollar that is taxed hovers around 50 percent… When half of each additional dollar earned is taxed away, taxpayers experience a disincentive to start businesses or expand existing ones. This leads to fewer jobs being created.

Why is HAMAS Inside Tampa Schools?

Clare Lopez

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Did You Know... Ignoring the Call to Islam will Bring Jihad

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Clare M. Lopez

Who is being discriminated-facts tell the truth

Religious bias

Hate crimes motivated by religious bias accounted for 1,409 offenses reported by law enforcement. A breakdown of the bias motivation of religious-bias offenses showed:

65.4 percent were anti-Jewish.
13.2 percent were anti-Islamic.
9.5 percent were anti-other religion, i.e., those not specified.
4.3 percent were anti-Catholic.
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3.3 percent were anti-Protestant.
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http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2010/narratives/hate-crime-2010-incidents-and-offenses.

On March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview

with PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism.

For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

In March 1977, Zahir Muhsein, a PLO executive, said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct Palestinian people to oppose Zionism."

"For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

The Arab Apartheid

Ben-Dror Yemini
In 1948, the Arab countries refused to accept the UN partition proposal and they launched a war of annihilation against the State of Israel which had barely been established. All precedents in this matter showed that the party that starts the war - and with a declaration of annihilation, yet - pays a price for it. Between 550,000 and 710,000 Arabs fled because of the war and a larger number of 850,000 Jews were expelled or fled from Arab countries (the "Jewish nakba").
Population exchanges and expulsions were the norm at that time, occurring in dozens of other conflict points and affecting about 52 million people. In all the population exchange precedents that occurred during or at the end of an armed conflict, there was no return of refugees to the previous region, which had turned into a new national state.
Only the Arab states acted completely differently from the rest of the world. Instead of assimilating the refugees, they crushed them despite the fact that they were their coreligionists and members of the Arab nation - instituting a regime of apartheid. So the "nakba" was not caused by the actual dispossession, which had also been experienced by tens of millions of others. The "nakba" is the story of the apartheid, oppression, abuse and denial of rights suffered by the Arab refugees at the hands of the Arab countries. (Maariv)

International Law and Military Operations in Practice - Col. Richard Kemp

"Islamist fighting groups study the international laws of armed conflict carefully and they understand it well. They know that a British or Israeli commander and his men are bound by international law and the rules of engagement that flow from it. They then do their utmost to exploit what they view as one of their enemy's main weaknesses. Their very modus operandi is built on the correct assumption that Western armies will normally abide by the rules, while these insurgents employ a deliberate policy of operating consistently outside international law. "

Lost Historical Moments

What Rabin’s last Knesset speech really said:repudiation of a Palestinian state

Rabin ruled out a fully sovereign Palestinian state :

“We view the permanent solution in the framework of State of Israel which will include most of the area of the Land of Israel as it was under the rule of the British Mandate, and alongside it a Palestinian entity which will be a home to most of the Palestinian residents living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. We would like this to be an entity which is less than a state, and which will independently run the lives of the Palestinians under its authority.”

Rabin ruled out a total withdrawal from Judea and Samaria and thus a return to the pre-June 1967 borders :

“The borders of the State of Israel, during the permanent solution, will be beyond the lines which existed before the Six Day War. We will not return to the 4 June 1967 lines.”

Rabin ruled out withdrawing form the Jordan Valley:

“The security border of the State of Israel will be located in the Jordan Valley, in the broadest meaning of that term.”

Rabin ruled out uprooting settlement blocs, like the Gush Katif bloc in Gaza (which was subsequently uprooted by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon):

“The establishment of blocs of settlements in Judea and Samaria, like the one in Gush Katif.

AND

Rabin ruled out removing any settlement before coming to a full peace agreement with the Palestinians:

“I want to remind you: we committed ourselves, that is, we came to an agreement, and committed ourselves before the Knesset, not to uproot a single settlement in the framework of the interim agreement, and not to hinder building for natural growth.”

Rabin insisted on Israel retaining full security control of the borders with Egypt and Jordan, contrary to Israel’s relinquishment of the Philadelphia Corridor on the border with Egypt:

“The responsibility for external security along the borders with Egypt and Jordan, as well as control over the airspace above all of the territories and Gaza Strip maritime zone, remains in our hands.”

Correcting Oslo Myths-Part 2

3) Kuttab laments that the post-1993 Oslo process resulted in a Palestinian Authority "whose ministers and legislators are not guaranteed passage between Gaza and the West Bank ...."

Before free passage or other perquisites, PA leaders were obligated, among other things, to eliminate the terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, end anti-Israeli, antisemitic incitement in schools, mosques, and communications media, and resolve all outstanding issues through peaceful negotiations. They met none of these commitments, sometimes bolstering terrorism and greatly increasing incitement.

4) Kuttab complains that under Oslo the PA got "lightly armed police ---- but no real sovereignty over the land or contiguity between our communities in Gaza and the West Bank."

Oslo agreements repeatedly were revised, regardless of Palestinian non-compliance, until the authorized number of police grew from 8,000 to 40,000. Though they were to be the only armed forces in the territories, Israeli estimates early in the second intifada put the number of gunmen - police, "security services," terrorists, and armed gangs - at 85,000. Their armament reportedly included not only heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, but also anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.

Sovereignty was to be negotiated in the envisioned 1998 "final status" talks - after a five-year period of confidence-building. Palestinian leadership chronically undermined the process. Palestinian terrorism made the 1993 - 1998 Oslo period more deadly for Israelis than the 15 years preceding it.

The United States doesn't have contiguity between the lower 48 states and Alaska and Hawaii; territorial contiguity between the West Bank and Gaza Strip - that is, through the 20 miles of Israeli territory between them - was never promised and would destroy Israeli contiguity.

5) "Palestinians have been made to endure hundreds of checkpoints in the West Bank, an eight-foot wall deep in our territories, and tight Israeli control over borders."

The security barrier is not "deep in Palestinian territories," but rather encompasses less than 8 percent of Judea and Samaria, and is mostly a fence, rarely a wall; the land in question is not "our [Palestinian] territories" but disputed territory to which, according to the authors of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, Jews as well as Arabs have claims; and there are no international borders, only the 1949 armistice lines with Jordan. Under 242, borders remain to be negotiated. As for checkpoints - like the security barrier and "tight Israeli control" - Palestinian Arabs precipitated these measures themselves. No terrorism and there would be no fence or tight Israeli control and few checkpoints - like before the first intifada.

Correcting Some Oslo Myths

1) In Oslo "Israeli, Palestinian and other world leaders promised that ... Palestinian sovereignty would be solidified."

No, they didn't. The 1993 Declaration of Principles and subsequent Oslo agreements outlined a process by which final status negotiations about the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be reached. The process required an end to anti-Israel terrorism and incitement and a commitment to peaceful negotiations. The PA, Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and other terrorist groups, sabotaged the process from the start.

2) "The reality is that, in defiance of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, which states that it is inadmissible to occupy land by force, Palestinian territories are still under foreign military occupation."
Wrong again. Resolution 242 (1967) does note "the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war." It also affirms the right of every state in the area "to live in peace with secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force." There were no "Palestinian territories." Jordan occupied the West Bank, Egypt controlled Gaza. Israel did not have "secure and recognized boundaries," so retention of some of those territories was possible under 242. Israel is not a "foreign" military occupier in the West Bank but, pending final negotiations, the lawful military administrator as a result of a successful war of self-defense.

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