US caught out by speed of escalation in Israel-Turkey crisis
As the diplomatic spat between Turkey and Israel deepens, the United States appears to have been caught out by the speed and nature of the escalating crisis as it threatens to spread across the Middle East.
Stemming from a deadly Israeli commando raid in international waters on a Turkish flotilla delivering aid to the Palestinian territory of Gaza in May last year, the crisis has escalated in recent days over Israel's decision not to apologize for the raid that claimed the lives of nine Turkish activists. It has also said it will keep its controversial naval blockade on the Gaza Strip in place.
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