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78 percent of Jewish Israelis view Turkey as enemy. - Topix

"78 percent of Jewish Israelis view Turkey as enemy.

JERUSALEM — Agence France-Presse

Some 78 percent of Jewish Israelis now view Turkey, once Israel's only Muslim ally in the Middle East, as an enemy nation, according to a poll published on Thursday.

The sharp switch in public attitude toward Turkey comes in the wake of a May 31 raid by Israeli commandos on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, which left eight Turkish activists and one Turkish American dead."

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