Haaretz: Turkey is not the enemy

Turkey’s sanctions against Israel consisting of five articles were covered by the press worldwide, including the Israeli press. The article entitled “Turkey is not the enemy” which was published on the Haaretz daily calls on Israel to use diplomatic reason and “pay for such a strategic asset as relations with Turkey.” The report recommends that Israel issues an appropriate statement of regret and writes the following with regard to the Palmer report: “The flotilla affair - not the report - have brought relations between Turkey and Israel to such a nadir that they now see each other as hostile countries. The glorious past and deep kinship between the two peoples has crumbled to dust, and they now both intend to strike each other with the report. Each has begun to express its objections to the report, and to point out slivers of justification that will work in its favor. But these will not be able to defrost the glacial state of relations, which froze even deeper with Turkey's decision to expel Israel's ambassador, downgrade diplomatic relations to the level of second secretary and suspend military contracts. Israel, the number of whose allies in the world and the region is dwindling, must not refuse to accept responsibility, replacing an essential ally with worthless prestige.” On the other hand, the Jerusalem Post daily of Israel wrote that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that it didn’t have to apologize for trying to stop arms trafficking against terrorist Hamas activities