Israel-Turkey Reconciliation Begins Following Netanyahu Apology
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Israel and Turkey took steps to restore ties nearly three years after the deaths of nine Turks on an aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip as the U.S. sought to bolster an allied front in an increasingly unstable Middle East.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized yesterday to Turkey for the deaths in a phone call with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the Israeli premier’s office and officials traveling in Israel with President Barack Obama, who brokered the thaw between the two U.S. allies.