[ti:Future of Relations With Turkey Questioned After Israeli Raid on Flotilla]
[ar:Steve Ember]
[al:IN THE NEWS]
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[00:03.33]This is IN THE NEWS
[00:05.02]in VOA Special English.
[00:07.92]Monday's raid on ships
[00:10.61]carrying pro-Palestinian activists
[00:13.58]brought international
[00:15.33]criticism of Israel.
[00:17.62]The ships loaded with aid
[00:19.75]tried to break a three-year-old
[00:22.40]Israeli blockade of Gaza.
[00:25.00]The raid in international waters
[00:28.13]led to violence on
[00:30.06]one of the six ships.
[00:31.82]Nine activists were killed.
[00:34.50]But Greta Berlin of the
[00:36.83]Free Gaza Movement says
[00:38.72]the efforts will continue.
[00:40.81]GRETA BERLIN: "We like to say
[00:41.87]we are non-violent,
[00:43.10]direct-action activists.
[00:45.15]And that simply means that
[00:47.44]when there is an injustice
[00:48.84]we will non-violently resist."
[00:51.78]But video of Monday's raid shows
[00:54.67]that activists armed with clubs
[00:57.20]beat Israeli naval commandos.
[00:59.99]The military also released photos
[01:03.09]of a large number of knives
[01:05.18]that it said were on the ships.
[01:07.57]Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said
[01:11.35]the ship Mavi Marmara carried extremists.
[01:15.47]BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: "Israel regrets
[01:16.92]the loss of life.
[01:17.96]But we will never apologize
[01:19.45]for defending ourselves."
[01:20.91]Israel has rejected demands
[01:23.29]by the United Nations
[01:24.94]for an international investigation
[01:28.02]-- and an end to the blockade.
[01:30.67]But officials say the blockade
[01:33.41]might be eased to permit
[01:35.79]more civilian goods into Gaza.
[01:38.98]One and a half million Palestinians
[01:42.01]live in the narrow strip of land
[01:44.81]where most people depend on aid.
[01:48.10]The blockade followed the violent
[01:51.32]takeover of Gaza by Hamas
[01:53.67]in two thousand seven.
[01:55.82]Israel says the purpose
[01:58.47]is to keep weapons out of Gaza
[02:01.79]and to prevent rocket fire
[02:03.99]into the Jewish state.
[02:06.33]President Obama, speaking Thursday on CNN,
[02:11.05]said he recognized Israel's security concerns.
[02:15.59]But he called the raid tragic.
[02:18.31]He also expressed hope that the situation
[02:21.90]might be a chance to seek progress
[02:25.04]in the Middle East peace process.
[02:27.57]The Cyprus-based Free Gaza Movement
[02:31.51]and a Turkish aid group known
[02:34.60]by the letters IHH organized the flotilla.
[02:39.23]An American State Department spokesman said
[02:43.00]IHH representatives have met
[02:46.34]with top Hamas officials
[02:48.48]over the past three years.
[02:51.02]He said that was of "great concern"
[02:54.66]because the United States considers
[02:57.50]Hamas a terrorist organization.
[03:00.48]Eight Turks and a Turkish-American
[03:04.12]died in the raid.
[03:06.31]A Turkish official said
[03:09.14]Friday that economic and defense
[03:11.29]ties with Israel will be reduced.
[03:14.42]Turkish media say the government
[03:17.75]may also seek an international
[03:20.54]criminal case against Israel.
[03:23.37]Egypt also enforces the embargo on Gaza.
[03:28.40]Observers say Egyptian leaders
[03:31.93]are deeply suspicious of Hamas.
[03:35.07]But the Turkish government invited
[03:38.06]a Hamas leader for talks
[03:40.55]in two thousand six
[03:42.69]after the party won Gaza elections.
[03:46.22]Turkish Prime Minister
[03:48.81]Recep Tayyip Erdogan says
[03:50.94]Israel is close to losing
[03:53.65]what he called
[03:55.14]its "best friend" in the area.
[03:58.03]For almost twenty years,
[04:00.41]Turkey has built a political
[04:02.80]and military alliance with Israel.
[04:06.78]But lately, observers say,
[04:09.51]Prime Minister Erdogan appears
[04:12.26]to be seeking influence with Arabs
[04:15.29]at the cost of relations with Israel.
[04:18.58]Some think he might be trying
[04:21.45]to avoid long-term damage, however.
[04:24.10]They say he knows having ties
[04:30.02]with Israel gives Turkey
[04:32.36]a special voice not only
[04:35.00]in Jerusalem but also in Washington.
[04:38.77]And that's IN THE NEWS
[04:40.82]in VOA Special English,
[04:43.71]written by Brianna Blake
[04:45.64]with Robert Berger in Jerusalem
[04:48.44]and Dorian Jones in Istanbul.
[04:51.51]I'm Steve Ember.
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