Tension Is Turkey's Choice, Says Israel's Netanyahu

(Today's Zaman-Turkey) - "It was not our choice that our relations with Turkey got tense," Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu told the Greek newspaper To Vima. "Everything began when [Turkish Prime Minister] Erdogan attacked Israeli President Shimon Peres in Davos. There was a clear policy on the part of Ankara to spark tensions. This is their choice," he said. "If Turkey decides to follow a way of being a moderate state, [Israel] will welcome it."


2010-08-24 07:15:24

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