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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNetanyahu Apologizes To Turkish PM For Flotilla Raid
Netanyahu Apologizes To Turkish PM For Flotilla Raid
On a call Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan for the 2010 raid on a flotilla headed for Gaza, during which Turkish nationals were killed.
Erdogan accepted Netanyahu's apology, according to a White House pool report. According to a senior Obama administration official quoted in the report, the call was a "first step" toward improving relations between the two countries. The two leaders spoke for about 30 minutes, and Obama joined the call at least in part.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/netanyahu-apologizes-to-turkish-pm-for-flotilla-raid
On a call Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan for the 2010 raid on a flotilla headed for Gaza, during which Turkish nationals were killed.
Erdogan accepted Netanyahu's apology, according to a White House pool report. According to a senior Obama administration official quoted in the report, the call was a "first step" toward improving relations between the two countries. The two leaders spoke for about 30 minutes, and Obama joined the call at least in part.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/netanyahu-apologizes-to-turkish-pm-for-flotilla-raid
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Netanyahu Apologizes To Turkish PM For Flotilla Raid (Original Post)
ProSense
Mar 2013
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mainer
(12,022 posts)1. FINALLY. Really, Bibi, how hard was that to do?
I think Obama had a hand in this, and good for him. Israel cannot afford to lose its one reliable friend in the Islamic world.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)2. I have to believe PBO had a bit of a hand in dishing out
enough of a guilt trip toward "Bibi" on this...good for him!
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)3. Netanyahu is going to need Turkey's assistance when 'we' attack Iran. eom
ProSense
(116,464 posts)4. Come back to reality. n/t