Turkey-Israel deal no panacea for Erdogan
March 25, 2014 by Lara Vergnaud in Europe, Middle East.
A long-awaited reconciliation deal with Israel is days away from being signed, according to both Turkish and Israeli authorities. The multi-million dollar package will compensate the families of those killed and injured in an Israeli raid on a Turkish flotilla on its way to the Gaza Strip in May 2010 and normalize relations. The deadly assault was condemned by the international community – the Turkish ship was in international waters — and sparked a diplomatic freeze between the two countries.
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