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Despite Israels apology to Turkey over the Mavi Marmara incident and the talks on compensation to the victims, Turkey is continuing to make reconciliation between the two countries difficult.
On Wednesday, Turkeys Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said that his country will not be satisfied with Israel simply paying compensation to the Marmara victims. The Jewish state, he said, must acknowledge that the money it is paying to the victims is a result of its committing 'a wrongful act.'
In our first meeting [the Israelis] showed no opposition to this. But in the second meeting, they intended to give an ex gratia payment as a form of reparation because they fear compensation [as a result of their wrongful act] will set an example for other cases, which is not a concern to us, Arinc was quoted by the Turkish daily Hurriyet as having told Ankara bureau chiefs.
The amount of money is not the problem, Arinc explained, according to the Hurriyet. There are two problematic areas. The first one is that Israel should accept that its paying this money as a result of its wrongful act. Nothing less than this will be accepted. And second, we are waiting for them to realize our third condition of cooperating with Turkey in making life conditions easier for Palestinians. We are not talking about the amount of money as our first two conditions have not been met.
Turkey: Israeli Compensation Not Enough - Middle East - News - Israel National News
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Maybe Netanyahu should beg for forgiveness. That'll probably help!
On Wednesday, Turkeys Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said that his country will not be satisfied with Israel simply paying compensation to the Marmara victims. The Jewish state, he said, must acknowledge that the money it is paying to the victims is a result of its committing 'a wrongful act.'
In our first meeting [the Israelis] showed no opposition to this. But in the second meeting, they intended to give an ex gratia payment as a form of reparation because they fear compensation [as a result of their wrongful act] will set an example for other cases, which is not a concern to us, Arinc was quoted by the Turkish daily Hurriyet as having told Ankara bureau chiefs.
The amount of money is not the problem, Arinc explained, according to the Hurriyet. There are two problematic areas. The first one is that Israel should accept that its paying this money as a result of its wrongful act. Nothing less than this will be accepted. And second, we are waiting for them to realize our third condition of cooperating with Turkey in making life conditions easier for Palestinians. We are not talking about the amount of money as our first two conditions have not been met.
Turkey: Israeli Compensation Not Enough - Middle East - News - Israel National News
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Maybe Netanyahu should beg for forgiveness. That'll probably help!