By Peter Lyukimson, Israel. Exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza
Questioning by the Israeli research center named after Begin and Sadat says that 71% of the Israeli population believes that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not have apologized for the Mavi Marmara incident to Turkey.
23% of Israeli Arabs taking part in the polls and 5% of Jews said that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign policy was driven by hatred towards Jews.
28% believes that Israeli-Turkish relations will improve, 42% that they will not change and 30% expect aggravations.
85% do not plan to visit Turkey for vacation, about 5% do not rule out the visit, 10% are fine with vacation in Turkey.
High-ranking officials of the Israeli Foreign Ministry and prime minister’s office said that Erdogan tricked both Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama, because he promised not to file lawsuits against the Israeli military and start normalizing relations. None of the promises was kept.
Moreover, Turkey accused Jews of the disorders at the Taksim Square. Israel was about to order repatriation of 23,000 Jews in Turkey to save their lives.
