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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Kerry-compares-Boston-and-Mavi-Marmara-victims-310710
Kerry's Remarks on the Boston and Mavi Marmara Victims
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff and Gil Hoffman - At a press conference in Istanbul on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke of the Turks killed on the Mavi Marmara: "I particularly say to the families of people who were lost in the incident: We understand these tragedies completely and we sympathize with them....I have just been through the week of Boston and I have deep feelings for what happens when you have violence and something happens and you lose people that are near and dear to you. It affects a community, it affects a country." While some said they found Kerry's comparison offensive, senior Israeli leaders made a point of not responding to his words. High-ranking diplomatic officials in Jerusalem said they believed Kerry was only trying to show empathy with the people of Turkey on a national level.