"Israel-Turkish ties to overcome Gaza rift:Israeli envoy
Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:25pm GMT
By Ibon Villelabeitia
ANKARA, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The strategic relationship between Israel and Turkey will not suffer in the long term despite a rift over Israel's war in Gaza but the two allies must take steps to restore confidence, Israel's envoy to Turkey said.
Turkey's fierce censure of Israel's campaign, which ended in a Jan. 18 truce, has soured ties between the two key U.S. Middle East allies, which have close military cooperation."
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