UN Report on Israeli Flotilla Raid Fuels Turkish Wrath

September 02, 2011 from Euronews

Turkey's dispute with Israel over its refusal to apologise for a raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla has erupted into a fresh round of diplomatic sanctions. Ankara has expelled the Israeli ambassador and senior embassy staff after it emerged that a UN report said Israel had used unreasonable force in the assault. Turkish diplomats are also being withdrawn from Israel, and military agreements between the two countries suspended.

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