Nearly three years late, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally apologized for the Mavi Marmara attack, in which nine aid workers, including eight Turkish citizens, were killed.
The apology came at the behest of President Obama, who said it was important for Turkey and Israel to reconcile after the May 2010 killings fueled years of resentment.
Reflecting just how split Israel’s new coalition government is, he was immediately condemned for the apology by Avigdor Lieberman, expected to be the next Foreign Minister, who said any apology to Turkey would “undermine” the morale of the soldiers involved in the killing, and insisting that the official Foreign Ministry stand that the killing were “self defense” was unchanged.
The Israel Foreign Ministry has issued several theories for the Mavi Marmara incident, claiming at one point that the boat was full of al-Qaeda terrorists with assault weapons, and that the attackers somehow had the presence of mind to throw every single gun overboard before the ship was captured just to make Israel look bad.
Obama didn't persuade Netanyahu to apologize. Obama is in Israel to receive instruction of the American role in the escalation of the Israeli war against Syria. Israel apologizing is a signal to the Turkish government they can now stop pretending to be mad at Israel and join Israel in escalating Israel's war against Syria. The recent chemical weapons attack Israel had their terrorists stage in Syria, to blame on Assad as part of the PR for this escalation, and also the new push to arm the terrorists is also part of this planned escalation. Expect further false flag ops from Israel's proxies probably very soon to kick off this new phase in the war. A lot depends now on what Russia and China do to counter Israel's war plans. Will they let Israel's war crimes slide this time, or will they again prevent them?
Jason does not tell us what Netanyahu said…. The BBC however, said the PM apologized for what went wrong.. As in he didn't actually apologize for intercepting the ship on the high seas and murdering random passengers and stealing their property .. I may be wrong….. Too late for me to google till I find transcript….. I 'll return tomorrow to see what others think was said…..
Jason does not tell us what Netanyahu said…. The BBC however, said the PM apologized for what went wrong.. As in he didn't actually apologize for intercepting the ship on the high seas and murdering random passengers and stealing their property .. I may be wrong….. Too late for me to google till I find transcript….. I 'll return tomorrow to see what others think was said…..
Obama's magnificent achievement? "Israel's prime minister has apologised to Turkey for "any errors that could have led to loss of life" during the 2010 commando raid on an aid flotilla that tried to breach the Gaza blockade"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21902…
The ultimate non-apology.
Did Israel apologize for the 19 year old American he killed?
Coroners report said he was in a "Laying Position" when he was shot 3 times in the head and once in the chest. Probably the Chest shot was to knock him down then executed.
"My name is Aharon Sherf," he said. "I am the head of the Academy. Welcome to the Mossad. Its full name is Ha Mossad, le Modiyn ve le Tafkidim Mayuhadim [the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations]. Our motto is: 'By way of deception, thou shalt do war.' http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/decepti…
Did Israel apologize for the 19 year old American he killed?
Coroners report said he was in a "Laying Position" when he was shot 3 times in the head and once in the chest. Probably the Chest shot was to knock him down then executed.
"My name is Aharon Sherf," he said. "I am the head of the Academy. Welcome to the Mossad. Its full name is Ha Mossad, le Modiyn ve le Tafkidim Mayuhadim [the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations]. Our motto is: 'By way of deception, thou shalt do war.' http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/decepti…
Did Israel apologize for the 19 year old American he killed?
Coroners report said he was in a "Laying Position" when he was shot 3 times in the head and once in the chest. Probably the Chest shot was to knock him down then executed.
"My name is Aharon Sherf," he said. "I am the head of the Academy. Welcome to the Mossad. Its full name is Ha Mossad, le Modiyn ve le Tafkidim Mayuhadim [the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations]. Our motto is: 'By way of deception, thou shalt do war.' http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/decepti…
What a accomplishment by Obama…, making sure that the friendship between a apartheid regime and a Sunni regime who support terrorism in Syria, a puppet regime to NATO and Saudis, a regime that support those who are involved in daily bombing and killing of Iraqi people by hiding the former interior Iraqi minister, by supporting those who are the enemy of the Syrian people and…., look: this turkish and israeli friendship have nothing to do with what Netanyahu have said or apologized for.., it will not bring back those who lost their life to a apartheid regime.., did Netanyahu apologized for the killing of that American girl or hundreds upon hundreds of Palestinians.., NO. But he made sure that Israel and turkey are still friends and willing to cooperate militarily invading Syria or Lebanon in a feature time., these two regimes are waiting to get their order by that Ratt Mussen from Denmark to continue with their illegal involvement and even invading Syria.., if it comes to that.
Benny's apology means nothing. Israel is to the Middle East what the U.S. is to the world: a bullyboy who makes the rules and does whatever it likes.
Soon Iran will be attacked by the bullyboys. They can't help themselves!
But at one point or another the bullyboys get a bloody nose. The US is already familiar with that -Vietnam- but it seems it's itching for a knockout this time. Washington should read a bit of history, but that's the nature of things I guess: the Gods blind those they want to fall.
How about apologizing for the USS Liberty while they're at it? For real this time.
And returning all the material stolen by Pollard? Or at least listing it, so we know the full extent of his treachery.
How bout Farkan, who was a 19 year old american citizen who was shot in the face while he was on his back unconscious on the deck of the Miva Marmara!! And to do this on memorial day. i called my reps,the state dept, and the prez and what did i get in return……..ZZZZZ
I'm wondering if this is the real reason for an otherwise meaningless visit by Obama. Turkey is an important ally and part of Nato. In order to get more funding for what it calls its "Iron Dome" an apology to Turkey and compensation to the victims may have been required. I wouldn't hold my breath though for the compensation, if I were the Turks, what Israel says and what it does are two different things. It will say anything to get its aid. In the end, I don't think relations with Turkey will be mended and no compensation will be given to the families of those that Israel murdered. I shall look at Turkish media sources to see what they are saying.
You can't run an empire without some support of the natives. The US and Israel need Turkey big time. Turkey and the US have been allies for decades. Turkey and Israel have still maintained trade during these troubles and the US hasn't dropped an ounce of its military cooperation with Turkey. This apology was bound to come. Israel got way too big for its britches and had to make an apology to Turkey to get more cooperation from Turkey on Syria and who knows what else the US offered Turkey to accept the apology and make nice. Don't watch what the politicians say. Watch what they do. They are all negotiating behind the scenes for what they see as their own best interest and what they need to do to maintain power.
This "peace deal" between Israel and Turkey is a kick in the head for us — we lost 9 people! Peace without justice is no peace at all. And then we learn the reason why is to feed the Syria war effort. It's a bloody outrage.
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its always bout money and getting stuff to 'ease the pain'…
I smell a rat here!
a swarm of the vermin
I am always impressed how well the previous readers coments analize the above aritical and I bet Obama offered to pay compensation to the Turkish victims out of (our( pockets as whipped cream topping. Of course all the other victimes of Israeli crimes can go scratch.
I smell a rat also!!!
Every comment above is excellent. I commend you all.
Both Israel and USA are puppets of Empire USA, as we are ruled by the Western multinational corporate rich.
The Aid Flotilla and U.S.S. Liberty, both attacked by order of our multinational corporate rich.
> both attacked by order of our multinational corporate rich
Uh, what? More like the political and military hierarchy.
yeah… lol. They were attacked by Israeli jets and torpedo boats.
mighty white of him…Sorry your unarmed peace activists on a Turkish ship in international waters were murdered by our forces!! So 6 out of 9 were point-blank assassinations…Sorry, they must have slipped on a bar of soap and ran their faces into the barrels of our guns and they accidently went off….
Where is our apology?
The American kid Dogan, age 18, was "armed" only with a camera. He was shot five times, including one to the back of his head from 18 inches away.
Netanyahu didn't apologize for the deaths of the 9 Turkish citizens one of whom was also an American citizen.
Netanyahu apologized for "operational mistakes".
Facts are facts.
Trained killers who are not above shooting civvies from helicopters and blowing holes into heads at point-blank range will be demoralized by a non-apology about operational mistakes. Clearly they need re-training and re-moralization. Let's have them shoot up people at checkpoints in the occupied territories for a couple of months.