Turkey hostile to Israel

Turkey is threatening to break off diplomatic relations with Israel if the latter doesn't issue an apology for the attack on the Gaza aid flotilla and approve the setting up of an international committee of inquiry. The business paper Il Sole 24 Ore criticises Turkey's stance: "Both sides have opted for the hard line and in doing so set the stage for worrying scenarios regarding the settling of the conflicts in the regions, from Palestine to Syria and from Lebanon to Iraq to the Iranian nuclear crisis. … The breaking off of diplomatic relations means revoking the 1996 military agreements which were decisive for the technological renewal of Turkey's arsenal and for the solution of regional conflicts, not to mention the important role the exchange of information played during the crisis between Turkey and Syria in the 1990. But today's Turkey suffers from a new syndrome: Israel has become the enemy which because of its profound knowledge of the defence apparatus can endanger the security of the nation."

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