"In Turkey, rage at Israeli raid puts an ally to the test
(Ariel Schalit/ Associated Press)
By Stephen Kinzer
THE WEAKENING friendship between Turkey and Israel was further shaken by Monday’s Israeli attack on a flotilla of activists bringing relief supplies to Gaza. More than half of the activists were Turkish. Turks had been following the flotilla’s progress intently, and were stunned when the story took a more violent turn than anyone had expected."
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