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News & Current Events Apr 7, 2026 at 9:59 AM

Three people killed in gun clash near Israeli consulate in Istanbul, media says

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Fallouttgrrl Apr 7, 2026 +107
Gun clash sounds like they're some Equilibrium-style gun-fu melee
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honkymotherfucker1 Apr 7, 2026 +15
Just a John Woo film breaking out
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ClawingDevil Apr 7, 2026 +7
Mankind united with infinitely greater purpose in pursuit of war than he ever did in pursuit of peace.
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plain_handle Apr 7, 2026 +2
Cue the tumbleweed.
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plain_handle Apr 7, 2026 +84
*"At least* ***two attackers were killed*** *​and* ***one was seriously injured*** *in an extended gun ‌battle between police and assailants directly outside the building housing the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on ​Tuesday, according to media reports and ​Reuters video.* Thank goodness no embassy staff or Turkish police were injured.
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[deleted] Apr 7, 2026 +51
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TraditionalGap1 Apr 7, 2026 +14
I assume they laid down and weren't under the van telling lies
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arwear Apr 7, 2026 +5
Past tense of "lie" is not "laid" either. It should be "lay".
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Little_View_6659 Apr 7, 2026
What it doesn’t add is that while the police officers were laying on the ground, some street cats took that opportunity to lay on them and purr/s
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Magicalsandwichpress Apr 7, 2026 +18
Does this have anything to do with Israel? Sound like it's a shoot out just happen to be outside the empty consulate.
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Zealousideal-Cut4232 Apr 7, 2026 +4
Empty or not that is the official address. Previous protests were also directed at that location. It is a targeted attack. So yes it definitely has something to do with Israel. You don’t have people in tactical gear and assault rifles having random shootouts in Turkey. Or most parts of the world in general.
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Magicalsandwichpress Apr 7, 2026 +1
If their target is indeed the consulate, I'm having a hard time believing people are willing to die to storm an empty building. Either these guys have a few screws lose or the building is not empty. 
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Zealousideal-Cut4232 Apr 7, 2026 +1
It’s about sending a message. Like a suicide bomber without the bombs. Terrorists tend to be unstable and easily manipulated.
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warcomet Apr 7, 2026 -24
thats how these things work, just see how many news media picked this"nothingburger" story up and yet none are posting about Israel murdering over a 1000 lebanese people since march..
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BabylonianWeeb Apr 7, 2026 +3
The Israeli consukate has been empty for nearly 4 years
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notthemamaa Apr 7, 2026 -85
The Israeli government is making it unsafe for Jews around the world
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Sea-Witness-2746 Apr 7, 2026 +16
Sure, it's Israel not the antisemites attacking Jews who are making Jews unsafe.
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we-totally-agree Apr 7, 2026 +87
Terrorists that like to shoot people because of the actions of the government are making it unsafe for Jews around the world. Don't get it twisted.
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KITAPYIYEN Apr 7, 2026 -52
You are right but there are terrorists who are much more powerful than 1-2 stupid gunmen, like the IDF or Trump for example
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we-totally-agree Apr 7, 2026 +20
Careful you might get a papercut from all that edge, kid
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KITAPYIYEN Apr 7, 2026 -19
You are doing Ad hominem by the way, it would be nicer if we talked more seriously. My intention is not justifying terrorism but telling what is what
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we-totally-agree Apr 7, 2026 +13
You aren't capable of talking seriously about this topic, and you've proven by your previous message
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KITAPYIYEN Apr 7, 2026 -12
Why not
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we-totally-agree Apr 7, 2026 +11
Because you aren't capable of having a nuanced discussion about war vs terrorism
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KITAPYIYEN Apr 7, 2026 -1
What's the difference if civilians and kids are being killed
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rooftopagenda Apr 7, 2026 +57
Would we ever—*ever*—have the gall to say that Saudi Arabia, or Qatar, or Palestine is "making it unsafe for Muslims around the world" because their governments commit endless atrocities, and therefore, they're responsible for individuals trying to murder Muslims simply because of a shared religion? The current Israeli government is evil, full stop. But this is a double standard that seems only to apply to one religion and one religion only, and I for one find it vile.
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ScriptKiddo69 Apr 7, 2026 -10
> Would we ever -ever- have the gall to say that that Saudi Arabia, or Qatar, or Palestine is "making it unsafe for Muslims around the world" Yes. People do that all the f****** time lol.
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Marco2169 Apr 7, 2026 +20
I think the point is we shouldn’t do either
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Alt_Restorer Apr 7, 2026 -1
It's true though. I'll say it. Muslims around the world are less safe because of the actions of terrorist groups like ISIS. It only feels wrong because the true victims are the people living there, not the people who experience the residual effects from far away. We understand this when it pertains to Muslims. As for Israel, it's Israelis who are the most unsafe among Jewish people. For everything that happens to diaspora Jews because of Israel's actions, I would still rather be one of them than an Israeli Jew. Again, all true. But saying it feels like justifying violence against civilians, which I'm not trying to do.
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ceelion22 Apr 7, 2026 -11
I mean Islamophobia is indeed a thing that's been making it difficult for anyone even vaguely Arab looking for like... I wanna say 50 years, but 200% within the last 25. The difference is the governments of those Islamic countries don't go on every mainstream media channel or funnel millions into lobbying to conflate any anti-country views with Islamophobia, whereas Israel aggressively will target anti-zionists and call the anti-Semitic while ignoring REAL anti-Semitic shit (see the ADL defending elon while attacking people like Rashida Tlaib)
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fotank Apr 7, 2026 -11
I bet there are Muslims who have been singled out and targeted because of the what the countries you listed have done. It’s not a double standard. It’s the same standard. If the government does bad things, you endanger those who identify with that country or government.
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DrPixelFace Apr 7, 2026 -21
If Saudi Arabia started attacking a nearby Christian country then yes
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Competitive-Way-466 Apr 7, 2026 +17
That’s kinda like all Muslim citizens being fair targets due to the actions of the Taliban, or one of the many Islamic regimes or terrorist ground senate world. It’s Islamophobia if I say that, yet somehow not antisemitism if you say what you just did… make it make sense.
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Alt_Restorer Apr 7, 2026 -7
It depends what you mean by fair target. Actually fair, or fair by broken standards?
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No_Mercy_4_Potatoes Apr 7, 2026 -13
And the Jewish community should be the loudest in protesting against the Israeli government. Anyone else doing that is slapped with the anti-Semitic label.
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Sauciest_Sausage Apr 7, 2026 -5
The Israeli government has no issue with labeling Jews anti-semitic. It is all by design. The government will be able to use this to create more division and more division will in turn cause more chaos and war. This ultimately lets them fight the religiously fueled ME war they always wanted. They don't even have to send their own soldiers. Everything is paid for by the treacherous admin.
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we-totally-agree Apr 7, 2026 -2
Because they often are.
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CaptSpankey Apr 7, 2026
True but to be fair the Israeli Consulate is like the closest thing to the Israeli Government you can find outside of Israel. Doesn’t mean that Consulate workers should be attacked tho.
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Bushmancometh Apr 7, 2026 -2
For what’s it worth, I’m Jewish and I agree with you. They’ve constantly positioned themselves as the defacto spokespersons of all Jews and then they pull all kinds of atrocious shit. The amount of antisemitism I’ve seen in recent years that is directly linked to the actions of the Israeli government is impossible to ignore. People are making bogus comparisons with Saudi Arabia and the like but it’s just not the same.
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grey_hat_uk Apr 7, 2026 -8
I mean it is a zionist/Israeli building, even if it was attacked by run of the mill antisemitism. So I don't see this as a gotcha to any side or political position.
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evelyn_bartmoss Apr 7, 2026 -28
Kinda wild that your first thought was to come to the *defence* of a genocidal ethnostate, instead of taking a moment to ponder why someone might feel obligated to attack them.
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DankMemer727 Apr 7, 2026 +1
“If you think about it, the Jews probably deserved that terror attack”
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evelyn_bartmoss Apr 7, 2026 -11
Ah yes, such a succinct and well-argued position :/ The fact that you prefer to be an immature & intentionally-ignorant prick does not change the facts. According to the UN & numerous non-partisan international bodies (that literally *specialise* in the study of genocide!), the actions of Israel in Gaza meet the threshold of genocide. That is a fact. Their imperialist invasion & annexation of Lebanon, and ongoing war crimes in Iran, don’t help their public image either. This, too, is a fact. How’s that phrase go again? “Facts don’t care about your feelings”?
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evelyn_bartmoss Apr 7, 2026 +1
It’s honesty kinda funny (sad, but funny) that you think that’s even an argument, when in reality it’s nothing but a childish response to being proven wrong and having no rebuttal. I have no idea how to explain to you that you should care about other people. Maybe if it was your family under the rubble, you’d be a bit less crass about all this.
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evelyn_bartmoss Apr 7, 2026 +11
And yet again, you’ve done nothing to prove me wrong, nor to prove yourself right. Your only augments are personal attacks, which is kinda sad tbh. Also, attempting to decry using *accurate terms* as “buzzwords” just further proves you have no clue what you’re talking about. Once you’re able to actually argue your position, instead of lashing out with personal (and inaccurate) insults, then *maybe* we could hash things out like adults. Stay in school, kiddo.
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evelyn_bartmoss Apr 7, 2026 +4
1) You don’t need to be *good* at it for it to count as genocide. Hence why so many non-partisan international bodies have declared it such. They don’t take those kinds of claims lightly. 2) The stated goal of Gazans is literally to survive. That’s it. They wouldn’t have a problem with Israel or it hadn’t been oppressing them since its creation post-WWII. Look up “Nakba”. Then you’ll understand what I’m talking about. This isn’t a recent conflict, it’s an almost half-century of prejudice and violence.
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_-My Apr 7, 2026 +2
Ah the wilfully ignorant
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GoldApprehensive7067 Apr 7, 2026 +1
This is a weird way to describe an attempted terror attack.
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SlinkySlekker Apr 7, 2026 -11
Israel has been talking up an attack on Turkey since before they initiated our illegal war in Iran. Netanyahu insists that Turkey is a threat to NATO, even though Israel is NOT a NATO member state. Erdogan condemns Israel’s Mosque attacks, and says Netanyahu is Hitler. https://www.paturkey.com/news/2026/erdogan-likens-netanyahu-to-hitler-accuses-israel-of-fueling-regional-instability-29718/ Israel is empire building and taking over the middle east. They DGAF about our NATO alliances, except to destroy them. Putin and Netanyahu are calling all of America’s shots, because they interfered in our elections since Obama, to secure Manchurian Candidate Trump and America’s downfall. 🚩U.S. is the largest military power in NATO. Turkey is number 2. Israel will likely start attacking Turkey, and Trump will blow up our entire defense treaty with our allies, to let them. *”Israel’s hostile attitude against Türkiye has particularly increased in the last two years, sending belligerent messages towards Ankara with a military tone,” says Gokhan Batu, an Ankara-based political analyst on Israeli and Middle Eastern politics, referring to escalating tensions in the turbulent region since October 7, 2023.* *Türkiye has been one of the most vocal critics of Israel since Tel Aviv launched its genocidal war in Gaza, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and turned the Palestinian enclave into a pile of rubble.* *Batu says that Israel’s growing antagonism towards Türkiye must be seen in the context of recent geopolitical churnings. ‘This behaviour (of Israel) could be better understood in the context of Türkiye's rising capacity in the Middle East and its emergence as the only actor capable of balancing Israel in the region,’ Batu tells TRT World.”* https://www.trtworld.com/article/d61d05c749d4
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warcomet Apr 7, 2026 -30
*cough* false flag *cough*
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GoldApprehensive7067 Apr 7, 2026 +19
Cough a****** cough
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