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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30603-2002Nov8.html
New Turkish Leader Prepared to Maintain Ties with Israel But Voices Criticism - Lally Weymouth
(Washington Post) - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose party won the recent Turkish elections, said in an interview: "The relationship with Israel will continue. The statements [I have] made concerning Palestine are because of the situation there. We do not want to see any more blood, tears or war. We want a permanent peaceful solution to the problem, with the two states respecting each other's rights. We're against all types of terrorism - from individual to state terrorism. We are by no means anti-Semitic. It hurts us as much when Palestinians are bombed and killed as when a suicide bomber goes and kills Jews. Indeed, we condemn all incidents of terrorism in the world, including September 11th."