Spat Between Israel and Turkey Puts White House on the Spot
Washington Seeks To Defuse Tension Between Key Allies
By Nathan Guttman
Published September 11, 2011, issue of September 16, 2011.
Washington — For the Obama administration, no day highlighted the quandary it faces in the downward spiral between Israel and Turkey more than September 2.
In one day, Ankara took a step viewed as crucial to confronting Iran by Washington, and no doubt welcomed by Israel, as well; and a separate step seen as hostile in the extreme by Jerusalem, and hardly less so by Washington.
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