No, on the contrary, it is the Turkish government that should apologize to Israel for having put us in a position of attacking flotilla or let flotilla through the banned zone, order deliver terrorists to Gaza.

Israel should cut ties first, and take the wind out of Turkey's stupid sails. It is abundantly clear that the Turks have chosen to tie themselves to Iran. Of course, Iran is not going to be around as currently constituted very much longer, but Turkey's history is one of poor choices and missed opportunities. Good riddance.

Dear Turkish foreign minister, if you wanna shoot then shoot, and dont play games.In any event you have marked your target and are now busy drawing circles around it.

i just wont be able to visit israel (out of shame) for a long time. why do i get the feeling that the current government will sell their ass, once again?

"If this commission concludes that the raid was unjust and if they apologize, that will be sufficient," That made me laugh. In other words, if the commission agree with Turkey, OK. If not......... Please Bibi, please do not cave, i'll pay for the extra 1 hour flight.

Turkey threatens to cut ties, why doesn't Israel announce they're cutting ties for the attack on its sovereignty with the terrorist boat they sent over! Send a message! CUT TIES NOW BEFORE THEY DO. DON'T WAIT! GROW BALLS!

Let the buggers have their inquiry. All Israel needs to do is to get the UN to legitimize their inquiry - and then sit back and watch it backfire on Turkey.

Recall the Ambassador from Ankara! And bulldoze the Diplomatic Mission in Tel-Aviv. And make it clear, that relations will not be opened again until Turkey apologizes for its pompous and audacious attitude. Furthermore relations will only be rekindled with the re-opening of the Embassy in Israels capital Jerusalem.

Israel is not Turkey's lapdog and Turkey has blood on their hands by giving its blessing to the doomed Gaza-bound flotilla. If you apologize now, the next demand will be to leave East Jerusalem, trust me.

I agree with #1 through #7 comments. And the EU is still thinking about letting these backstabbers (Turkey) join them? Instead of the EU, join the Arab League so you can feel at home.

Turkey is more responsble by letting radicals set up a confrontation that was designed to embarass israel.... when supposed peaceful protesters weild weapons and initiate violence...they open themselve up to defensive violence....in my book the peaceful intent is a bunch of bunk

Like most Israelis I am fed up with the ugly antisemitism and threats coming from the Turkish regime. Israel is economically and technologically far more advanced and militarily stronger than Turkey so the Turks should be careful with what they wish for.

Don't think so ! any way ,It's up to Turkey

Good riddance to them. This Islamist government has been looking for a justification to cut ties with Israel especially since Europe rejected them, thereby showing more sense than Israel. Eventually, they had to concoct a provocation. Oh, yes. They can have Ben Eliezer if they like. Please.

God's sake, Israel, DON'T apologise! Let the bloody hypocrites break ties and be damned. There is nothing for which Israel should apologise, and even were this done, Erdogan's government would just be eagerly awaiting the next situation in which they could indulge in chest-beating threats. Bugger off, Turkey.

never apologise to Turkey.Israel will not be blackmailed.End of story

I have just cut my ties .Specifically the green stripey tie and the blue polka dot one which was a favorite .Please don't threaten us ,you can put your ties where the sun don't shine.

maybe a 'German' one !!!

In return, Israel should lead international condemnation for the 1915 massacre of 1.5 million Armenians.

Turykey has gone on a sick, lefist-facist bender; let them reap the benefits of being idiots. Once the current 'regime' is gone, things will go back to normal. The current Turkish leadership is insane and downright idiotic. Even Obama is looking sideways at them; they've nothing to gain and everything to lose. Just imagine they were booted from NATO? They sit at the edge of Europe where the worlds second seat of power is: talk about a hotbed. As if Europe, NATO and the US is going to let Turkey become a pscyhotic islamic-fundamentalist state that tries to kick around more important military alliances? NOT. Turkey is useless aside from being a vacation spot: their NATO participation is worthless; they don't let NATO allies use their bases and they have a million and one reasons why they don't fight alongside NATO (namely their muslim beliefs). Jam it down their throats! Who needs friends like this?

Apologizing to Turkey would be one of the biggest political disasters in Israeli history. Instead of apologizing Israel should launch a public relations campaign explaining what kind of regime Turkey is supporting in Hamas. They should quote the Hamas Charter: Article 7: 'Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him,' Article 13: ‘There is no solution to the Palestinian problem except by jihad.’ http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/1609.htm

We screwed up on world stage with this ridiculous jihadi flotilla. Help us save face. Please apologize. Pretty please.