"With 'Linkage,' Turkey and Brazil Can End the Siege of Gaza
In the past few weeks, Turkey and Brazil have elbowed their way to the Big Table of international diplomacy: first by negotiating a nuclear fuel swap agreement to try to push the US back towards diplomatic efforts to resolve its conflict with Iran, and then -- in the case of Turkey -- by its support of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla's efforts to break the Israeli-Egyptian-US siege of Gaza's civilian population -- efforts that continue today as the Irish-flagged Rachel Corrie proceeds towards Gaza, amid silence -- not enough protest, apparently -- from the Obama Administration."
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