Sanberk: July 27 is the last change for Israel to apologize

Former Ambassador Ozdem Sanberk told Israeli Haaretz that July 27, when the commission's report is published, is the "last chance" to solve the crisis between Jerusalem and Istanbul. "We could have solved this thing one day after the incident - we wasted a whole year," he said. "If Israel apologizes we will send the ambassador back to Tel Aviv right away and we will have the same relations that we had for many years. We will have disagreements but we will talk and try to solve them. But this is done only in normal diplomatic relations and this is not the case right now. " According to Sanberk, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had asked for a delay in publication of the commission report - in order to give the parties more time to talk.