Israel to return the Mavi Marmara to Turkey
Israel will return the Mavi Marmara to Turkey after receiving a commitment from the Turkish government that it would not be used in any future flotillas. Israel has decided to return the ships that took part in the May 31 Gaza-bound flotilla to Turkey, including the Mavi Marmara, on Friday to prevent further deterioration in relations between the two countries.We should have received a written commitment from Turkey that there won't be any more flotillas at all departing from Turkish ports.
As part of the return agreement, Israel received an agreement from Turkey that the ships would not participate in any future flotillas to Gaza.
The IHH, which organized the ships of the flotilla, was demanding last week that Israel provide tug boats to tow the ships back to Turkey, according to Turkish daily Hurriyet.
“Israel has long been dragging its feet and made public that it will not give the ships back unless the commission inquiry is concluded. I think the process will last four or five months,” said Salih Bilici of the IHH.
“We are only an NGO and how influential can we be? Turkey at every occasion demands the return of the vessels,” Bilici told Hurriyet.
But I suspect that there are an awful lot of Turks who would be afraid to board a flotilla anyway.
Heh.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:28 AM
1 Comments:
Only the Stupid Jews would return enemy vessels for nothing to a hostile country and in exchange for this, it did not even occur them to demand Turkey compensate Israel for its losses?
Oy vey!
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