06-07-2010, 04:42 AM
Magda Hassan Wrote:Turkey has for the first time threatened to break diplomatic ties with Israel over its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May.
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In response to this I assume:
http://www.aljazeerah.info/News/2010/Jul...20Raid.htm
Al-Jazeerah: Cross-Cultural Understanding
News, July 2010
Netanyahu Will Neither Apologize to Turkey Nor Pay Compensations for Victims of the Israeli Massacre of Freedom Flotilla Raid
Saturday July 03, 2010 01:20 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies
Israeli occupation government prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, held Turkey fully responsible for Israel’s attack against the Turkish ships trying to deliver humanitarian supplies to Gaza, and stated that Israel will not apologize to the attack, and will not pay compensations to the victims and their families.
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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07...-says.html
Israel Won’t Apologize to Turkey for Ship Raid, Netanyahu Says
July 02, 2010, 2:37 PM EDT
By Calev Ben-David
July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Israel won’t apologize to Turkey for its May 31 raid on an aid flotilla heading for the Gaza Strip in which nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists were killed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late today in an interview with Israel’s Channel One.
“Israel cannot apologize because Israel’s soldiers tried to defend themselves” against the being “massacred,” Netanyahu said.
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[Now look at this contrasting headline from the Jerusalem Post. Emphasis mine.]
http://www.jpost.com/International/Artic...?id=180231
Report: Israel to apologize to Turkey
By JPOST.COM STAFF
07/02/2010 08:50
Ben-Eliezer denies agreeing to compensate for flotilla injuries.
Israel is prepared to apologize to Turkey for the flotilla incident and to compensate the families of the injured parties, Turkish newspaper Huriyyet reported on Friday. Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer's office has denied the reports.
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