(Jerusalem Post) Dalia Itzik - The flotilla incident came after a long, consistent decline in our relations - a decline that was lead by Ankara. Turkey's decision to pull away from its regional ally was deliberate and strategic. Acknowledging the tragedy in which nine people met their deaths and paying reparations to their families is one thing. Apologizing for killing them is something else entirely. The alliance of mutual interests on which relations were based for the past several decades started to unravel not because of Israel, but first and foremost because of the change of direction by the Turkish leadership. The writer, a former speaker of the Knesset, is chairwoman of the Kadima Knesset faction.
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