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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/world/middleeast/01mideast.html
Turkish and Israeli Officials Meet Secretly on Flotilla Crisis
(New York Times) Dina Kraft - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Israeli Industry Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer met secretly in Zurich Wednesday to try to defuse tensions resulting from the Gaza flotilla incident, Israeli television reported. While Turkey has demanded a formal apology, Israel has refused, saying its troops acted in self-defense after being attacked by a group of passengers on a Turkish ship which was part of a flotilla trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.