Ankara’s behavior in the wake of the UN report on last year’s deadly clash between Israeli soldiers and militant Turkish activists should make Washington rethink an old received wisdom: Turkey may no longer qualify as an essential “bridge” between east and west.
Over the weekend, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released the much-awaited report of a committee headed by former New Zealand Premier Geoffrey Palmer. Jerusalem immediately accepted Palmer’s findings (with some caveats); Ankara declared it “null and void.”
Funny: It was Turkey that initially demanded an official UN probe of events aboard the Mavi Marmara, where nine Turks died in clashes with Israeli soldiers...
Over the weekend, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released the much-awaited report of a committee headed by former New Zealand Premier Geoffrey Palmer. Jerusalem immediately accepted Palmer’s findings (with some caveats); Ankara declared it “null and void.”
Funny: It was Turkey that initially demanded an official UN probe of events aboard the Mavi Marmara, where nine Turks died in clashes with Israeli soldiers...