TURKEY has threatened to sever diplomatic ties with Israel unless it apologises over the raid on an aid convoy to Gaza in which nine Turks died.
“Relations will be broken” unless Israel apologises or accepts the conclusions of an international inquiry into the May 31 attack on the aid convoy bound for Gaza, , Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper.
Turkey has until now called for an international probe into the commando raid but in a break with that position, Mr Davutoglu did not reject the creation of Israel’s own commission to investigate the raid.
“If this commission concludes that the raid was unjust and if they apologise, that will be sufficient,” he said, although he insisted that Turkey wanted compensation from the Jewish state.
The foreign minister also said that Turkey had closed its airspace to all Israeli military flights in reaction to the raid.
Israeli officials dismissed Turkey’s demand for an apology, saying it would never say sorry for defending
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