Obama Negotiates Apology From Israel to Turkey

During his Middle Eastern diplomatic trip, President Obama facilitated a historic conversation between Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, reports CNN. Suggested Reading ‘Sinners’ Releases in Black American Sign Language. Here’s What That Means A Burger King Employee Throws a Drink on a Child in Viral Video, and Black TikTok…

During his Middle Eastern diplomatic trip, President Obama facilitated a historic conversation between Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, reports CNN.

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Just before departing for Jordan on Friday, Obama scored a diplomatic coup when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Turkey for a 2010 commando raid that killed nine activists on a Turkish vessel in a Gaza-bound flotilla.

The apology, long sought by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, eased strained feelings between Turkey and Israel, two vital U.S. allies in the Middle East.

It happened in a phone call to Erdogan during a final meeting between Obama and Netanyahu at an international airport in Tel Aviv, minutes before Air Force One departed for Jordan to complete the president's Middle East swing.

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