(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff and Gil Hoffman - At a press conference in Istanbul on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke of the Turks killed on the Mavi Marmara: "I particularly say to the families of people who were lost in the incident: We understand these tragedies completely and we sympathize with them....I have just been through the week of Boston and I have deep feelings for what happens when you have violence and something happens and you lose people that are near and dear to you. It affects a community, it affects a country." While some said they found Kerry's comparison offensive, senior Israeli leaders made a point of not responding to his words. High-ranking diplomatic officials in Jerusalem said they believed Kerry was only trying to show empathy with the people of Turkey on a national level.
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