http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/22/israel-apologises-turkey-gaza-flotilla-deaths
better late than never.
Israel has apologised to the Turkish government for the deaths of nine people on board the Mavi Marmara, the lead ship in a flotilla attempting to breach the blockade of Gaza three years ago, in a move to repair a damaging diplomatic breach between the two countries.
The move, apparently brokered by US president Barack Obama during his three-day trip to Israel, has long been resisted by Israel despite pressure from the international community.According to White House officials aboard Air Force One as it flew from Tel Aviv to Jordan, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu placed a call to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan while closeted with Obama in a trailer on the tarmac at Ben Gurion airport in the last minutes before the president's departure for Jordan. Obama joined the call at one point.
looks like that change that took 3 years after decades of culminating is rearing it's head and positive things are happening. in spite of right wing bad talking and obstructing.
The Israeli prime minister's office said Netanyahu "apologised to the Turkish people for any errors that could have led to the loss of life". Erdogan accepted the apology, White House officials said.This was the "first step" between normalisation of relations between the two countries, US officials said, and had been the subject of talks between Obama and Netanyahu in Jerusalem this week.A statement from Netanyahu's office said: "The two men agreed to restore normalisation between Israel and Turkey, including the dispatch of ambassadors and the cancellation of legal steps against IDF soldiers.
i honestly don't think any of the saber wavers on that side of the fence would have been able to broker that or have the desire to do so, war wouldbe more profitable for them.
