22.07.2011                      20.Tammus, 5771

Beziehungen:

Senior Israeli ministers to decide next week whether to accept reconciliation with Turkey

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn twice at last moment from signing similar agreement over the past year, due to Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's strong objection.

The senior ministers' "Forum of Eight" will convene next week to decide whether to accept a reconciliation agreement with Turkey, entailing Israel's apology for killing nine Turkish nationals during its raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla in May 2010.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn twice at the last moment from signing a similar agreement over the past year, due to Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's strong objection, Haaretz has learned. Lieberman yesterday attacked Netanyahu for the plan to apologize, saying at a Yisrael Beiteinu faction meeting: Resorting to a legal argument to make excuses for the apology to Turkey indicates inabilty to withstand pressure. This is not a legal issue but a foreign policy issue," said Lieberman calling the apology "capitulation"….