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Israel's Netanyahu says wants better ties with Turkey
Reuters - Saturday, July 3
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By Allyn Fisher-Ilan
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday ahead of a U.S. visit, that he wanted to avoid further harm in relations with Turkey, strained by a deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in May.
Turkey, a strategic regional ally of Washington and for more than a decade Israel as well, has withdrawn its ambassador from Tel Aviv and cancelled military exercises with Israel since the May raid in which nine Turkish citizens died.
In an interview with state-owned Israeli television, Netanyahu confirmed one of his cabinet ministers had met a Turkish official this week, in what was seen as the highest level contact between the states since the flotilla incident.
A Turkish official said Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had met Israeli Trade Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer in Brussels on Tuesday and spelled out Turkey's terms for making amends.
Turkey has been pressing for Israel to apologise for the May 31 raid and pay compensation to its victims.
Netanyahu said Israel "cannot apologise" as Turkey demands as it says its commandos defended themselves against a mob when they boarded a vessel to enforce the blockade.
"There are still no agreements between us and Turkey," Netanyahu said. "But it is good to try to stop the deterioration" in relations.
Netanyahu's remarks came ahead of a planned meeting next week with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, whose administration has also been prodding its two important Middle East allies to mend fences.
In a statement on Wednesday Netanyahu's office had said that Ben-Eliezer, a cabinet veteran, had held an unofficial meeting with a Turkish official and that "in recent weeks there have been various initiatives for contacts with Turkey."
Israel has responded to a world outcry against the Gaza blockade, which the Turkish-backed flotilla cast a spotlight on, by easing the embargo, now allowing in most civilian goods. It says the blockade was intended to prevent weapons smuggling.
It has also named a judicial-led panel to investigate the raid, and after criticism from Turkey that its authorities were too limited, has said it may expand the team's mandate to enable it to subpoena witnesses who would deliver sworn testimony.
Gaza, ruled by Hamas Islamists who say they seek to destroy the Jewish state, is home to 1.5 million Palestinians whom international aid groups have said were at risk of facing a humanitarian disaster had Israel not let in more supplies.
In addition to civilians goods reaching Gaza via land crossings with Israel, other supplies reach the coastal territory through its separate border crossings with Egypt.
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