Israel seeking ways to normalize relations with Turkey

Sat 08 September 2012 05:53 GMT | 10:53 Local Time

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Avigdor Lieberman

Reportedly Israeli government is looking for a way to mend broken ties with Turkey.

After killing 9 Turkish citizens in the Mavi Marmara attack, Israel is seeking ways to normalize relations with Turkey.

According to Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot Israel will apologize to Turkey.

The paper says the USA is in a bid to make its two closest allies overcome the problems between them.

Yediot Ahronot claims that Israeli officials are thinking about using the vocabulary Washington has used to apologize to Pakistan.

Israel's racist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said the US example could be employed to overcome the tension between Israel and Turkey.

Lieberman reminded that the US army had killed 24 Pakistani soldiers by mistake near the Afghan border last November.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said We are sorry for the losses suffered by the Pakistani military, We are committed to working closely with Pakistan and Afghanistan to prevent this from ever happening again."

Stating that this was not a full apology Israeli Foreign Minister said "If Turks accept these words used by the Americans, we are ready to utter these words."

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