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NOVANEWS Ankara-Cairo relations receive boost as crisis with Israel worsens: Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan slated to visit Cairo and possibly Gaza soon to sign strategic cooperation agreement with Egypt Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is slated to visit Egypt and Gaza soon to sign strategic cooperation agreements with Cairo, just days after the leaking of the Palmer Report which led to a new low in Israel-Turkey relations. Egyptian newspaper al-Youm al-Sabe’a quoted Turkish diplomats as saying that Erdogan will arrive in Cairo next week. During the visit he is slated to meet Higher Military Council chief General Hussein Tantawi, Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf and other Egyptian officials. ‘Turkey not interested in restoring ties’   According to the report, Erdogan ...

NOVANEWS Officials in Jerusalem not surprised by detention of Israeli passengers at Istanbul airport, say Turkey seeking clash; ‘Turkish economy will be hurt, businesspeople and tourists will refrain from traveling there,’ one source says Officials in Jerusalem say they were not surprised by reports that Israeli passengers were held up at the Istanbul airport Monday, charging that Ankara is seeking to provoke an open confrontation with Israel. “The Turks are trying to forcefully lead us into an open confrontation and street fights in the international arena, but we shall not give them this pleasure,” one diplomatic source told Ynet Monday afternoon. Dozens of Israeli passengers on board a Turkish Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul were held for several hours by local police aft...

NOVANEWS Comrade Evren Dincer, Turkish radical, who insists that the following be regarded as "commentary from a lay person," writes: First of all, i should say that Erdogan's interest in Gaza has both long-historical and conjunctural context. Historically, his interest and sensitivity comes from the movement he was part of until his imprisonment and his later transformation (roughly, this corresponds to the period between the quasi-coup of 1997 [28 February] and the constitution of AKP in 2001). Welfare Party of the era was very critical of Israel --at least in theory and only in terms of Palestine-- and had a very clear target for the salvation and independence of Palestine. However, Turkey of the time had much bigger problems inside. The conflict was hardly a matter of top interest ...

NOVANEWS  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. AA photo Turkey expels Israeli diplomats after UN report ISTANBUL/ANKARA – Daily News with wires Editor’s preface:  A publishable note, part of the text of the email which included this story from Turkey, sent to me by US personnel there: “Tayip Erdogan stood up against Israel at the Davos Summit and now again.  Israel was given until Wednesday of next week to pack their bags and leave the country.  My hat is off to him.  Attached is the English version of an article that appeared in the Hurriyet’s Turkish Daily News.  I just hope that Israeldoesn’t retaliate like they did recently in Norway.” Turkish daily Hurriyet reported that during Israeli Ambassador Gabi Levy’s visit to the Black Sea Technical University, a group of students co...

NOVANEWS Abduallah Gul’s comment comes after Turkish FM announced a downgrade of Turkey-Israel ties over Israel’s refusal to apologize for the death of 9 Turkish nationals in a 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla. Haaretz The expulsion of Israel’s ambassador over an Israel Defense Forces raid of a Turkish aid flotilla is just one step in many possible measures taken against Israel if it persists in its refusal to apologize for the incident, Turkish President Abduallah Gul said on Friday. Gul’s comments came just hours after Turkish Foreign Minister announced the downscale of diplomatic relations with Jerusalem, saying the move was a direct response to Israel’s refusal to apologize for the deaths of nine Turkish nationals in the May 2010 raid. The implications of the downgrade are that ...

NOVANEWS Turkey is to expel the Israeli ambassador after details emerged of a UN report into last year’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla. Officials in Ankara said it was also suspending all remaining military agreements with Israel. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said some of the report’s findings, leaked to the New York Times, were unacceptable. Turkey wants Israel to apologise for the raid but it has refused to do so. “Israel again expresses regret about the loss of life but will not apologise for acts of self-defence by its soldiers,” an Israeli government official told the BBC. A copy of the UN report leaked to the New York Times says Israeli forces did use excessive force when they intercepted the Turkish-led flotilla trying to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza in May 2010. ...

NOVANEWS Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu says UN-authored Palmer report on the 2010 incident must be published by September 2 as scheduled, and threatens sanctions if Israel doesn’t apologize beforehand. Turkey declared Thursday that it would not tolerate further delay in the release of a United Nations report concerning Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, and warned of consequences including sanctions should Israel continue to refuse  to apologize for the incident. Publication of the Palmer Commission’s report into the Israel Defense Force’s raid, in whichTurkish activists died aboard the Mavi Marmara, has been postponed three times. In each case the delay took place following the consent of  both Turkey and Israel, and as a result of their joint request to the UN...

NOVANEWS by rehmat1       On Tuesday, Benji Netanyahu phoned his US poodle, Hillary Clinton, to tell her that the Zionist regime will not apologize to Ankara for killing nine Turkish aid workers by the Jewish commandos during their raid on Gaza flotilla on May 31, 2010. However, Benji gave her his blessing to let UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon release the Palmer Report due next week. The release of the said report submited on July 21, was postponed earlier on Washington’s demand as Hillary Clinton was busy in re-kindling the old ‘love’ between Tel Aviv and Ankara. The Zionist regime had agreed with the commissioning of the Palmer panel as a PR stunt as The New York Times on August 2010 wrote: “A leap of faith for Israel, whose enemies have sometimes used the United Natio...

NOVANEWS IsraHell will stick to its decision not to apologize to Turkey over the May 2010 raid of a Gaza-bound Turkish ship, despite a direct request from the United States. By Barak Ravid / Haaretz  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated Turkey’s position on Wednesday. “As long as Israel does not apologize, as long as Israel does not compensate, and as long as it does not lift the blockade [of Gaza], it is not possible for Turkish-Israeli relations to improve,” he said in Istanbul. Senior official in Jerusalem says decision not to apologize at this point was primarily to allow a UN report on the raid to be released. Turkey plans to launch a diplomatic and legal assault on Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused on Wednesday to issue an apology to Turkey for...

NOVANEWS Zio-Nazi PM Naziyahu informs U.S. Secretary of State Clinton that IsraHell will not accept an outline for restoring relationship with Turkey. Haaretz Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has informed U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Israel will not apologize for the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid in which nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists died. Speaking with Clinton via telephone on Tuesday, Netanayhu said that Israel does not intend to adopt an outline to restore its relationship with Turkey. An official in Jerusalem said that Netanyahu told Clinton that Israel does not oppose the publication of the report of the Palmer Committee, which investigated the events surrounding the flotilla, but that the date of the report’s release depends on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-mo...