Friday, June 11, 2010

Turkey Tightens the Noose

Turkey is expanding trade connections with its Arab allies around Israel, including Syria and Lebanon. On the surface, this might look fine, but there seem to be a connection between the Flotilla aftermath and Turkey's newly "rediscovered" friends:
Arab support
Erdogan's call was echoed by many Arab leaders.
Saad al-Hariri, Lebanon's prime minister, said the Middle East was suffering under Israel's "criminal and barbaric'' attitude.
"We support Turkey's demands not only about the international investigation, but for Israel to apologise."
Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egypt's foreign minister, said: "We support Turkey's demand to try those behind these acts."

What does this mean to Israel? So far, no response.

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