Israel – Turkey Rejects Peres Apology Compromise

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    Ban Ki-moon, right, Secretary General of United Nations greets Ahmet Davutoglu, left, Foreign Minister of Turkey during the 66th U.N. General Assembly at UN Headquarters Tuesday, Sept.  27,  2011. (AP Photo/David Karp)Israel – Hebrew daily “Yediot Ahronot” reports that Turkey has rejected a proposal, first floated by the US, for President Shimon Peres to personally apologize to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who would do the same.

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    Senior Israeli sources say that the Turks have left an opening for further contacts. “The key phrase is creative solutions,” a senior Turkish official told a local website. “That’s what we’re looking for now.”


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    nameuser
    nameuser
    12 years ago

    Apologize for what?

    Aryeh
    Aryeh
    12 years ago

    Peres: “I am sorry…that we didn’t kill more of those terrorists that you sent!”

    12 years ago

    no reason to apologize after every world body except the Arabs says they acted in self defense

    BoruchN
    BoruchN
    12 years ago

    If S. Peres were to apologize…he’s really apologizing for existing…for being a Jew.

    Benny
    Benny
    12 years ago

    Let me apologize
    We are sorry that we didn’t blow up the whole ship

    Reb Yid
    Reb Yid
    12 years ago

    Peres carries a lot of international respect. Erdogan looks dumber by the day, like when he started yelling at Peres at Davos in 2009.