"U.S. Jews, though reeling, look to preserve Turkish ties
By Ron Kampeas · June 15, 2010
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- U.S. Jewish leaders talk in pained, hushed tones about the “red lines” in the Turkey-Israel relationship -- the ones they say the Turkish leadership has crossed and the ones they say they won’t.
The fragile consensus emerging from the establishment Jewish organizational leadership is that the relationship it has cultivated over the decades with Turkey is worth preserving -- at least for now.
“There are lines that mustn't be crossed, and we have seen over the last weeks those lines aggressively crossed,” said Jason Isaacson, the director of international affairs for the American Jewish Committee, a group that has taken a lead role over the decades in outreach to Ankara. ”The dilemma is to honor the legacy of Turkey's hospitality and integration of its Jews in its society.”"
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