Israel's deputy foreign minister observed that Turkey seems to want to raise tensions for its own reasons. Indeed, relations have deteriorated to a point where it will be difficult ever to trust Turkey as an ally again -- it is rather more of a "frenemy," at best. More on the Tantrum in Turkey. "Gaza flotilla: Turkey to take Israel to UN court," from BBC News, September 3:
Turkey has said it will challenge Israel's blockade of Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
It is the latest sign of strain between the countries since last year's Israeli action against ships heading for Gaza, in which nine Turks were killed.
Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu said Turkey did not accept the findings of a UN report which said Israel's blockade of Gaza was a legal security measure.
His comments came a day after Turkey expelled the Israeli ambassador.
It also halted military co-operation with Israel.
Report 'not endorsed'
Speaking on state-run Turkish TV, Mr Davutoglu said the UN report, prepared by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer and former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, had not been endorsed by the UN and was therefore not binding.
"What is binding is the ICJ," he went on. "This is what we are saying: let the ICJ decide."
Turkey, he added, would start the necessary legal procedures in the coming week.
Based in The Hague, the ICJ is a permanent UN court set up to rule on state-to-state disputes.
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon insisted his country had nothing to apologise for and had done all it could to avoid a crisis with Turkey.
He said the Turks seemed to want to raise tensions with Israel for its own reasons.
They were not ready for a compromise and kept raising the threshold," Mr Ayalon said on Israeli TV....
Yasser Arafat would be so proud.
Israel exported 7$ billion dollars' worth of arms last year. She also has cutting-edge technology in the area of defense. Turkey is cutting off its nose to spite its face through this action.
Fools and clowns!
Turkey wants an apology. Turkey needs to grow up and take responsibilty for their past and present crimes against humanity. Israel is trying everything in her power to get along with these Middle Eastern nutcases. I'm pleased that Israel stood her ground in this one. Egypt, on the other hand was another story, to which, Israel felt compelled to apoligise for security purposes.
This shows the true nature of the government in Turkey. Turkey is best served near the center of a long table on a plate right next to a fully lit minora, but, alas, Israel just wants to live in peace and has not any Supremacist intentions at all.
Turkey, that once shining beacon of secularism in the Muslim world, is on its way to becoming an Islamic Republic. The spirit of Attaturk is now homeless.
At the same time they are bombing Kurds? What gall!
Yep. How about apologies to the Armenians for the Armenian Genocides, the Greek Cypriots for atrocities carried out against their fellow Greek Cypriots by barbaric Turkish troops, and the nationals of Balkan countries for the cruel and heartless Devshirme system.
I won't be holding my breath.
Israel sent nine Jew hating jihadists to Allah's sexual paradise and the Turks want an apology? Doesn't this show a lack of faith in Islam's promised afterlife?
LOL. I was going to say Turkey should apologise to Israel, but reading your post I will add: and they should THANK Israel! :D
"Justice" and the "UN" should never be mentioned in the same sentence!
Thanks for the reminder Truthiocity. Not to mention that the Turks have not only failed to apologize but even acknowledge their role in the 20th century's first Holocaust where the Ottoman Turks slaughtered millions of Armenians.
They won't apologise because Muslims are never sorry for murdering infidels.
What kind of stupid court could tell an entire country to cease and desist from defending themselves?
I thought all the good lawyers were Jews. What's Turkey going to do, hire an ambulance chaser from Gaza?