Tag: Gaza blockade

Turkey sees no normalization of Israel ties without end to Gaza blockade – Spokesman

Turkey’s relations with Israel cannot not be normalized unless its conditions for ending the Gaza blockade and compensation for the deaths of Turkish activists in 2010 are met, a presidential spokesman said on Monday (December 28). Relations between Turkey and Israel soured when 10 activists were killed in a raid by Israeli commandos on a Turkish boat, the Mavi Marmara, which was trying to breach the blockade. Expectations of a breakthrough were intensified after senior […]