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Israel: Turkey's Construction of Water Desalination Plant and Power Station Depends on Quiet from Gaza


(Makor Rishon-Hebrew-1July2016) Ariel Kahane - Israeli National Security Council Acting Chairman Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Nagal, one of those responsible for Israel's reconciliation agreement with Turkey, said in an interview: "The agreement [with Turkey] specifies that Turkey's humanitarian aid [to Gaza] will continue as long as the quiet in the area continues. All the agreements on the construction of a water desalination facility and a power station are dependent on the continuation of quiet." "Many countries that want to assist the residents of Gaza are concerned that they will invest money and then war will break out and we will bomb the facility in which they had invested." "They want us to promise not to attack, something that no country can agree to. This means that if the Turks build a power station or a desalination plant in Gaza, and Hamas puts 500 missiles there aimed at Israel, if war breaks out...."
2016-07-05 00:00:00
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