"Israel and Turkey
Bad new vibrations
Jan 29th 2009 | ISTANBUL
From The Economist print edition
The special relationship between the Turkish and Jewish states is at risk
WIDESPREAD outrage over Israel’s assault on Gaza has sharply soured the tone of Turkey’s people and government towards the Jewish state. The prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, castigated it for hammering the Palestinians. So far he has resisted a clamour in Turkey to loosen or even sever his country’s close ties with Israel. But some advocates of the strategic friendship between the two countries fear it may be at risk."
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