Ira Glunts
"The Turks are mad as hell about the Israeli refusal to apologize for the deaths of nine Turkish citizens during the IDF assault on the Mavi Marmara in 2010. They also are angered by the UN report which characterized the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza as legal and justifiable based on the Israeli right of self-defense. Ironically, the report was intended to be a vehicle to assist Israel and Turkey in mending their strained relations, but instead has become the immediate cause of a serious diplomatic breach.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey will take the case of the legality of the Gaza blockade to the International Court of Justice. The Minister also warned that Israel risks alienating Arab nations by its refusal to apologize for the flotilla tragedy."
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Turkey talking turkey.
ReplyDelete(Sorry, couldn't resist it.)
By the way, that second link of Abu Zuhair's is blocked in the UK, "for copyright reasons".