And they did nothing wrong by doing that.

You did very well,it is Bibi that stuffed up disgracefully,Bibi has stuck his nose up Erdogan's Butt.As a former IDF Navy seaman,I feel disgusted,I know of the Shayatet 13,personally.They are the Best bar non.......

Secretary Ya'alon should know better than support the prime minister on this apology.

is overflight rights

and get away with it...

this so-called apology says nothing about the commandos. it was a strategic calculation by netanyahu. only time will tell whether it was the right decision or not. if erdogan does not keep his word, then it will be another one of obama's myriad mistakes. the us press keeps bragging about his great diplomatic skills.

Send in soldiers wholly unprepared and you get a mess...that's what happened. Apologizing was long overdue. I understand the sentiment of the soldiers but they ought to man up. These things happen. I think they know by now that the general public supports them no matter what

And Ehud Barak listened. The fault lays at his door. Our boys were super excellent. Bless every IDF soldier & keep them safe. Am Israel Chai.

whats holy about you? go back to your branch & wait for your mom to feed you.

"Israel needs Turkish friendship a lot more than the other way around" Unless you are the head of a major NATO power, you know as much of what's really going on as anyone else. the Turks won't waste their fake friendship on a non-muslim country that they don't really need.

Firstly it wasn't a crime. There were many on that ship who had already vowed to be "martyrs" and made videos to thar effect. It was nothing to do with humanitarian aid to Gaza but all about 'getting at Israel".You should be sorry you made remarks...by your logic that will make you an even more biased antisemitic anti Jewish hateful guy? The apology,was done because in the bigger picture,Turkey and Israel have more important problems to face,such as Syria on its borders,a million refugees,Sunni Alawite and Shia slaughtering each other .That is where you should tirn your attention if you want to be useful.Also terrorists and fundamentalists infiltrating every area of conflict,with unpredictable results

"...any other army would have carried it out with many more casualties." The Israeli Army is pound-for-pound the best in the world! But, I will beg to differ on this point! Israel Shaytet 13, is no match (no comparison to) for US Navy SEALS--period! Our SEALS wouldn't have been caught using paint-guns! A six-man SEAL-team (loaded for bear) can unleash the firepower of a one-hundred man infantry unit. Our Seals would have destroyed that flotilla, if it came down to a life-and-death situation! During the Benghazi fiasco, two ex-SEALS, before they died, fought a seven-hour stand against the terrorists and, by all accounts, they killed many before running out of ammo. If they had not been betrayed by our government, they would still be alive. Like I said, pound-for-pound; but, I will also say that Israeli infantry is no match for the US Marines Infantry (the best in the world at infantry tactics) Gantz is a fool! However, he has to agree with his boss! God bless Israel!

Not onlt to aologise is no sense but is an insult to the army and is impairing their ability to defend themselves and face these dangereous situations. This governement is crap.

Let alone one in international waters. Blame the management, not the soldiers that followed their orders with best intentions.

we have seen the footage and the violence of the Turkish terrorists! This is a realpolitical decision which has got nothing to do with the circumstances, but with the possibility to increase Israels security. We are proud of you!

Exactly. Any post that contains "that is why YOU are hated in the world, well... it speaks for itself. Disgusting hatred

You are right. And they should be on the stage, side by side, with Wehrmacht. Wehrmacht gave out the same award to the rioters from Warsaw ghetto.

The reason why we are hated (and not throughout the world, only by fakes and fools, mainly Muslims) is because we are so successfull in every possible field inspite of all the hardships and hostilities we have to suffer. We have no whatsoever responsibility for your retardedness, blame your leaders!

call great job? killing innocent people in international waters. no matter you apologize or not, we still longin for a reteliation.

still remember when Goldstone recant, we held our heads high and pronounced it our victory.... then....that was just that..... then we realized no matter what Goldstone wrote on that 2nd report, people will always remember his first report, people will chew on his first erroneous chants, and recycle it till it rot.... and Erodgan will also recycle Israel's apology, as will anyone including hamas demand apology from now on till the end of days,... forever and ever, from hamas to muslim brotherhood to fatah, any terrorist group will simply demand apology any time IDF killed some terrorists, or demand prisoners release... so from now on, any IDF solder will not dare to fire another bullet, for fear of Bibi and Co. gonna apologize again.....

The predictable reaction by zionists of charachter assasination when pushed into a corner by facts is so old now. Pull the next one please.

You and the soldiers under your command did their job. They defended Israel and its people which is the job of the IDF! The wrong was that Netanyahu ordered an attack when the Mavi Marmara was still in international waters. Yes, we all know that "blockades" are legal. Ask the British. However, what is legal for some countries is not legal for Israel. We all know that. The disgrace is that Netanyahu apologized to a man who called "Zionism a crime against humanity" and a people who told Jews to get out! All this to please Obama who is trying to bring the murderer Assad down when his "friend", Turkey, has butchered 40,000 Kurds. Bibi is making the IDF his "fall guy"!

no, we dont what will we achive killing innocent israeli civilians? an eye for an eye would leave whole world blind

an illegal act by erdogen of trying to break the LEGAL blockade of Gaza. I apologize for not first using REAL guns instead of the more comical 'paint ball' guns obama insisted upon. I apologize, and given what life is worth in Turkey, please accept my payment of $ 5.0 0 per turkish life lost even though I consider it too much, and lastly, I apologize for even the sun rising and setting.

erdogen got what he wanted, he is being paid for murdering his own hired thugs and getting a public apology from Israel, which is disgraceful but, politically expedient. ( maybe ) Let's see what these 'new relations' will give. Probably more bellowing from erdogen the ass.

Lebanon, Iraq, how many Millions fewer Muslims are there now and, by their own hands?

One current fact, not one Jew, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, only Muslims are murdering other Muslims. May I say a heartfelt THANK YOU!!!

Why would Bibi apologise, unless you did something wrong, I do not think our revered Prime minister would apologise for nothing. Maybe you should get some help.

Lebanon, Iraq, how many Millions fewer Muslims are there now and, by their own hands?