Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

May 29, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&tab=nw#hl=en&gs_nf=1&cp=50&gs_id=e&xhr=t&q=%22Turkish+Court+Indicts+4+Israeli+Military+Leaders%22&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=%22Turkish+Court+Indicts+4+Israeli+Military+Leaders%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=1ad06d705a32cd93&biw=1680&bih=925

Turkish Court Indicts 4 Israeli Military Leaders

(New York Times) Isabel Kershner - An Istanbul court approved indictments on Monday against four senior Israeli military figures for involvement in a deadly raid on a Turkish vessel trying to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza in May 2010. In response, a senior Israeli official said the Turkish government had apparently decided to kill what was left of the diplomatic relationship between the two countries. Israel insisted that its soldiers had acted in self-defense. A UN report subsequently found that Israel's naval blockade was legal and appropriate. A senior Israeli official said Turkish Prime Minister "Erdogan decided to launch a targeted killing of the relationship." At the same time, trade between Israel and Turkey - nearly $4 billion a year - has hardly been affected by the diplomatic freeze.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: