Turkey's Support for Flotilla Prompts Israeli Backlash

(Jerusalem Post) Ron Friedman - Turkey was once the number one destination for organized Israeli workers union vacations. On Sunday, a survey revealed that 95% of the unions had banned all organized trips to Turkey following that country's involvement in organizing the aid flotilla to Gaza. Dani Tzimet, deputy chairman of the Israel-Turkey Business Council, said that while in 2008, 560,000 Israelis visited Turkey, in 2009 only 300,000 did.


2010-05-31 09:56:06

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