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Sunday, August 30, 2015
Turkish delegation to visit Israel for the first time since 2010

Turkish delegation to visit Israel for the first time since 2010
Aug. 30, 2015 10:52 P.M. (Updated: Aug. 30, 2015 11:04 P.M.)
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=767345

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A Turkish political delegation will visit Israel on
Monday for the first time since a deadly attack was carried out by Israeli
forces on a Turkish aid vessel bound for the Gaza Strip in 2010.

Israeli news website nrg.co.il said the delegation will meet with Deputy
Minister of Regional Cooperation Ayoob Kara to discuss establishing a new
industrial zone near the al-Jalaboa military checkpoint in the Jenin
district of the occupied West Bank.

Relations between the sides fell into crisis after Israeli commandos stormed
the Turkish-flagged Mavi Marmara, the largest ship in an aid flotilla headed
for the besieged Gaza Strip.

Nine Turks died in the raid and one more died in a hospital in 2014 after
four years in a coma.

The assault sparked widespread condemnation and provoked a major diplomatic
fallout between the two countries.

Ankara expelled the Israeli ambassador and demanded a formal apology and
compensation, as well as an end to the eight year blockade on the Gaza
Strip.

In June Turkey said it was holding talks with Israel over a deal to
reconcile the two former allies.

Earlier this month it was reported that Turkey is involved in pushing
indirect peace talks between Israel and Hamas, talks that Israeli officials
have so far denied and the Palestinian Authority has condemned.

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