Reconciliation: Pact struck with Turkey, says Israeli official
The deal drafted at a secret meeting in Switzerland calls for Israeli compensation to victims of the raid
JERUSALEM:
Israel and Turkey have reached “understandings” to normalise ties, at a low since the Jewish state’s deadly 2010 raid on a Turkish ship headed for Gaza, an Israeli official said Thursday. The deal drafted at a secret meeting in Switzerland calls for Israeli compensation to victims of the raid, a return of envoys and the start of talks on gas exports to Turkey, once the pact has been signed, the unnamed official said.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 18th, 2015.
Israel and Turkey have reached “understandings” to normalise ties, at a low since the Jewish state’s deadly 2010 raid on a Turkish ship headed for Gaza, an Israeli official said Thursday. The deal drafted at a secret meeting in Switzerland calls for Israeli compensation to victims of the raid, a return of envoys and the start of talks on gas exports to Turkey, once the pact has been signed, the unnamed official said.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 18th, 2015.