Report: Turkey seeks Israeli approval to soften UN flotilla criticism

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Turkey has asked Israel to agree to changes in a UN report on an Israeli raid on an aid flotilla on May 31, 2010 because the report is expected to criticize Turkey for the bloody incident, an Israeli news report said on Sunday.

The Turks are "very worried" about the harsh criticism of Turkey they expect the report to contain, and want Israel to agree to a softened version as part of a package deal to end the crisis between the two countries over the flotilla, which took place in May 2010, Israeli newspaper Haaretz, quoting a senior Israeli official, said.

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Haaretz said the Turkish request for Israel's agreeing to a toned-down version of the UN report was conveyed to the Israeli side during a secret meeting between Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu and Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon in Geneva last week.

Sinirlioğlu told Ya'alon that Turkish-Israeli relations would return to normal if the report is toned down in line with Turkish demands and the Turkish ambassador would finally return to Tel Aviv after a months long hiatus.

A draft of the report, due to be released within two weeks, was given to Israel and Turkey about six weeks ago. The UN committee, according to the Haaretz report, determined that Israel's naval blockade of Gaza is in line with international law, and therefore Israeli actions to stop the flotilla were also legal.

According to a senior government official in Jerusalem, the report criticizes the Turkish government and highlights the relationship between the government and the Turkish charity group İHH, the group that owned the raided ship, Mavi Marmara.

Report: Turkey seeks Israeli approval to soften UN flotilla criticism
So that's why Turkey decided to get out of the flotilla business.
 

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