Israeli Relations To Falter Further

Turkey's relations with Israel, long a key military ally in the Middle East, are likely to deteriorate much further in the short term after an Israeli commando raid on a Turkish ship in international waters. The ship, carrying activists and supplies, was intending to break an Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. Israeli marine units killed nine protestors in the ensuing altercation. The Turkish government has strongly condemned the raid and withdrawn its Ambassador from Israel, while also questioning broader energy and economic agreements currently in place. The move reinforces our view that Turkish foreign policy is in the process

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