"The Economist" urges Erdogan to mend fences with Israel
"The Economist" says, "Turkey stands to gain from stable Arab-Israeli relations, which it ought ideally to be well-placed to promote."
7 November 11 12:26, Globes' correspondent
"The Economist" urges Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom it calls an "Ottoman dreamer" to mend relations with Israel. Although the British weekly slams what it calls "intransigent" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his "foolishly stubborn" refusal to make even the smallest apology over the death of eight Turks and a Turkish-American on the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara incident in May 2010, it warns, "But if Mr Erdogan calculates that he can pander to anti-Israeli prejudice at home without paying a price abroad, he is making a mistake."
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