Israel reminded it may lose Turkey
Tue Sep 7, 2010 2:1AM

Turkey renews threat of severing its relations with Israel, should Tel Aviv fail to redeem itself over its bloody attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy.


On May 31, Israeli commandos stormed Freedom Flotilla, a Turkish-backed relief mission, while it was on its way to the impoverished enclave, which has been deprived of food, fuel and other necessities due to more than three years of an all-out Tel Aviv-imposed siege. The assault in international waters killed nine Turkish human rights activists.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Sunday that "Israelis have three options: They will either apologize or acknowledge an international-impartial inquiry and its conclusion. Otherwise, our diplomatic ties will be cut off," Turkish daily Hurriyet reported.

The United Nations has launched a probe into the incident. A report by the Israeli website Ynetnews, however, has pointed to Tel Aviv's intentions to prevent the international team from questioning Israelis.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman have, meanwhile, insisted that Tel Aviv will not be apologetic about the attack.

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