Turkey's US envoy: Only true friends apologize
"Turkey and Israel prepare to start a new chapter following Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu's call to Prime Minister (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan," Turkey's Ambassador to Washington Namik Tan wrote on his Twitter page.
"(A) deep rooted, strong and historic friendship between the two peoples brought the apology (from Netanyahu) and opened of the door for Turkey and Israel to move forward. As we always said: Only true friends apologize to each other," he wrote. (Yitzhak Benhorin, Washington)
