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Credit: Reuters/Umit Bektas JERUSALEM | Fri Sep 9, 2011 8:51am EDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli official on Friday called Turkey's announcement that Turkish warships would escort any future convoys to the Gaza Strip as "harsh and serious" but said Israel wanted to avoid a war of words with its former ally. The announcement by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday set the stage for a potential naval confrontation as Israel maintains a sea blockade on the Palestinian enclave. Erdogan said the move was meant to prevent a repeat of an Israeli commando raid on a Turkish aid flotilla last year in which nine civilians were killed. The incident and subsequent diplomatic arguing has brought relations between the two countries, once close Middle Eastern allies, almost to crisis point. "The things Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said are harsh and serious, but I don't think it would be right to get into any verbal saber-rattling with him," Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor told Israeli Army Radio. "Our silence is the best response. I hope this phenomenon will pass." Ankara downgraded diplomatic relations and said it would boost naval patrols in the eastern Mediterranean after Israel refused to apologize for the killings in the raid, which targeted a Turkish activist ship that tried to breach Israel's blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza. A United Nations enquiry deemed the blockade a legitimate security measure to prevent weapons smuggling. But it also called Israel's use of force in the raid "excessive and unreasonable" and the loss of life "unacceptable." Israel expressed regrets for the deaths. Meridor, in his comments, said: "Turkey, which claims that Israel is not above international law, needs to understand that neither is it. A U.N. committee has determined that the blockade is legal. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor, asked if Israel might review the blockade given NATO-member Turkey's naval challenge, said: "There is no intent to review the blockade as long as Hamas amasses missiles. This is a measure consistent with international law." The United States has been hoping to ease tensions between its two main allies in the Middle East. Dan Shapiro, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, told Israel Radio: "We are encouraging both countries to find a way to work together to overcome their differences and restore at least some of the friendship that they previously had." In addition to an apology, Turkey has demanded that Israel end the Gaza blockade. Israel says the closure is needed to keep arms from reaching Palestinian guerrillas by sea. (Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch and Dan Williams) World United Nations Turkey Israel Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (9) JRDKidd wrote: The report that the Turkish government will protect aid vessels carrying humanitarian supplies into Gaza, is welcome news indeed for all who are interested in democracy and human rights, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim. For too long an extremist right-wing state has been allowed to attempt to effect an illegal regime change in Gaza by force, on the pretext of preventing weapon shipments. In fact, the only state that receives regular shipments of arms and military equipment is Israel. These include F16 and F15 strike aircraft, helicopter gunships, nuclear-armed submarines, cluster bombs, automatic weapons, missiles, rockets, white phosphorus, delivery mechanisms and parts for thermonuclear weapons, neutron bombs, intercontinental ballistic missiles, Sarin nerve gas and biological weaponry. If the Turkish government can end this terrible fiasco that endangers the peace of the entire region, and the world, then it is to be supported by all decent minded people and all democratic governments. The next step is for the UN to declare the entire Middle East, including both ISRAEL and IRAN as a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone. Only then will we all be able to sleep at night secure in the knowledge that our children will not be involved in a global nuclear conflagration. Turkey is a valued democratic member of NATO and is the 16th most important economy worldwide. It needs to be supported. Sep 09, 2011 9:26am EDT -- Report as abuse anonymot wrote: If Israel thinks it’s harsh and serious then Turkey must have gotten it right. It’s time that some major players step up and stop the Netanyahu slide to fascism. We should be on the Palestinians’ side since Hillary’s so hot on democracy and human rights and all of those good things she touted for the Arab world. Can’t we tell the difference between victim and aggressor any more? Does money work as a political eraser? Sep 09, 2011 9:27am EDT -- Report as abuse drmorocco wrote: Instead of an apology Israel should just hand over the murders of the civilians to Turkey. They should also hand over the officer that ordered his men to kill the innocents. 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