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Turkish Court Indicts 4 Israeli Military Leaders


(New York Times) Isabel Kershner - An Istanbul court approved indictments on Monday against four senior Israeli military figures for involvement in a deadly raid on a Turkish vessel trying to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza in May 2010. In response, a senior Israeli official said the Turkish government had apparently decided to kill what was left of the diplomatic relationship between the two countries. Israel insisted that its soldiers had acted in self-defense. A UN report subsequently found that Israel's naval blockade was legal and appropriate. A senior Israeli official said Turkish Prime Minister "Erdogan decided to launch a targeted killing of the relationship." At the same time, trade between Israel and Turkey - nearly $4 billion a year - has hardly been affected by the diplomatic freeze.
2012-05-29 00:00:00
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