thu 17 dec 2015, 21:14

Israel and Turkey are closer to each other

JERUSALEM –

Israel and Turkey are getting closer to normalize their troubled ties. Diplomats of both countries reached Thursday during negotiations in Switzerland a provisional agreement for improvement.

Mavi Marmara
Photo: ap

The relationship between the countries deteriorated in 2010 by the attack of Israeli soldiers to the international hulpkonvooi Freedom Flotilla. The ships were on the way to the Gaza strip with supplies, when Israeli commandos vessels enterden. In the action was nine Turks on board the ship the Mavi Marmara, and the death. Later died one tenth of a Turk.

In the agreement, among other things, that Israel is a compensation fund died. Turkey will be claims as a result of the attack to be abandoned. The country demanded among other prosecution of involved commanders. The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered Turkey already apologized.