Saturday, March 23, 2013

Netanyahu Explains His Apology to Turkey: Read Between the Lines!

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has explained his recent apology to Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan for the loss of life on the Mavi Marmara by observing on his Facebook page(https://www.facebook.com/Netanyahu) (JG Caesarea's translation from the Hebrew):

"After three years of severed relations between Israel and Turkey, I decided that this is the time to rehabilitate them.

The changing reality around us demands that we constantly reexamine our relationships with countries in this region. During the last three years Israel has undertaken a number of initiatives to bring an end to this breach between Turkey and us.

The fact that the crisis in Syria is worsening from moment to moment was the central consideration in my view. Syria is crumbling, and its significant arsenal of advanced weapons is beginning to fall into the hands of various factions. The greatest danger is that its chemical weapons stockpiles will fall into the hands of terrorist organizations.

The reality in Syria, including, inter alia, the positioning of worldwide Jihad forces along our Golan Heights border, creates large challenges for our defense establishment. We are following developments there and are prepared to respond accordingly.

It is important that Turkey and Israel, which both border on Syria, can communicate with one another, and this is important also with respect to additional regional challenges."
"Additional regional challenges"? This is a veiled reference to Iran.

Stay tuned.




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