Where is Sarah who said the Turkish learned a lesson? How low you can go. My Prime Minister will visit Gaza in a blunt provocation, with a flotilha full of humanitarian people and what will Israel do? Oh shame.... Dont you have any shame?

Has Israel's prime minister learned a hard lesson as a result of this? Obama is a "smooth operator." Will Obama snooker Israel's leaders on Iran?

it is a sad day for the state of Israel, for the people of Israel, why ??!!! why Israel bows down to its enemies ??!!! Israel lost its dignity, deterrence by making that move, isnt this Erdogan who insulted Israel many times and incited against her, isnt this Erdogan who described the zionism as a crime against humanity ??!!! the zionism which inspired from the bible is a crime ??!!! shame on u Netanyahu !!! u insulted Israel, and the IDF, the IDF heros who faced the death with paintball guns are insulted by apologizing to this terrorist !!! Netanyahu has already given on Iran, he promised Obama that he wont attack without Obama approval !!!! concession after concession, till when ??!!! Netanyahu must be brought down, he is a traitor , Sharon and Olmert were better than him, at least they were doing what they want to do, not pushed by other forces i am so angry, i was proud of the new nationalist government but it seems that Netanyahu destroyed everything, i was proud of Israel as the only iron dome against terror but everything is changed now !!!! God bless Israel, Shalom

opposition leader Shelly Yacimovich on Friday praised Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to reconcile with his Turkish counterpart, saying it is "best to swallow one's pride and do what is beneficial for the state."

Congrats, you just earned the contempt of the entire ME. Deservedly so. Madness in the name of maneuvering. Can't blame #1 above for smiling from ear to ear.

What about Armenia, you low life?

Turgut, so it is Smirna, not Izmir? Nice admission, thanks. Will Agiya Sophia finally be returned to its rightful owners, i.e. Christians? We do have a shame, yes, unfortunately that's what realpolitik is about - Israel has to bear with "friends" like Turkey in a view of Iranian threat.

releases 700 million dollars for PA and gives 200 million to Jordon for terrorists in Syria who also get US guns and training. World should be in good shape after your next 4 years.

Haniyeh : Madona to visit Gaza. He just talk, what he whant. And Turky is more important than erDOGan. We will deal whit Turky about Syria and Iran.

The Turkish prime minister insisted on the Israeli prime minister paying obeisance to Turkish national honor. And finally Netanyahu relented. But Israel stood its ground on the last condition; a UN probe had pronounced the Israeli blockade legal and legitimate although its raid on the Turkish ship was deemed “excessive.” So the blockade remains in place and, indeed, Friday, March 23, Israel’s new defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, tightened it by restricting the Gaza offshore areas open to Palestinian Mediterranean fishermen.

it is a sad day for the state of Israel, for the people of Israel, why ??!!! why Israel bows down to its enemies ??!!! Israel lost its dignity, deterrence by making that move, isnt this Erdogan who insulted Israel many times and incited against her, isnt this Erdogan who described the zionism as a crime against humanity ??!!! the zionism which inspired from the bible is a crime ??!!! shame on u Netanyahu !!! u insulted Israel, and the IDF, the IDF heros who faced the death with paintball guns are insulted by apologizing to this terrorist !!! Netanyahu has already given on Iran, he promised Obama that he wont attack without Obama approval !!!! concession after concession, till when ??!!! Netanyahu must be brought down, he is a traitor , Sharon and Olmert were better than him, at least they were doing what they want to do, not pushed by other forces i am so angry, i was proud of the new nationalist government but it seems that Netanyahu destroyed everything, i was proud of Israel as the only iron dome against terror but everything is changed now !!!! God bless Israel, Shalom

he normalised relations without the lifting of the illegal zionist blockade. he is coward!

Whatever Israel was forced to say or not say, the events of the past few years have shown who the Turkish people and its government really are. Nothing will undo that impression. The events of the past few weeks in the Netherlands only serve to strengthen that impression of a total lack of civilization and a primitive people. Next time there is a vote about the EU status of Turkey, the results will be exteremly clear: NO!

Don't pay attention to this so called Sarah B. She is kind of disturbed, decrepit and religious fanatical. But she has a point. You should have learnt the lesson of not creating a new turmoil. It is difficult for Israel to accept provocations like this. Wouldn't it be easier to visit Ramalla? Why start all the balagan again?

Shouldn't you be locking up journalists, extinguishing secular education and killing kurds? Don't throw stones when you live in a glass house called turkey!

HAHAHAHAHAHAH Haniyeh, Thanks a lot for this declaration. People really need 2 see wtf u r & yr true face. Shokraaan yaaa Habibi! I can't buy this with money. Haniyeh; Saladin was speaking Turkish and his brothers were carrying Pro-Turkish names. OUR BOY! Haniyehhh, All ignorant savages need a history lesson! From China Wall,Taj Mahal to Iceland.

Obama and his Muslim brothers' just made Netanyahu look like a FOOL! Israel deserves a better leader who has some Jewish pride!!!

Not very wise to blame your elite soldiers for doing there jobs! The tactical mistake was having paint-ball guns and not real weapons! And, now...the bigger tactical mistake is having this coward for a Prime Minister!

You know the Turkish saying 'Korle yatan sasi kalkar'. Your PM is constantly going to bed with blind people that he is already blind himself too that soon he will break your country into two pieces where Abdullah Ocalan will be the president of the Diyarbakir /Gaziantep republic. Hadi hayirlisi.

Free the Kurds!

Didn't you know that AKP / Erdogan the puppets of Fethullah Gulen's Nurcu sect are Kurdish separatists and they are splitting the country slowly and carefully? First they put all the military high brass loyal to the Turkish republic to Jail in Silivri so that they would not prevent this and now they are negotiating with Abdullah Ocalan. Soon He will be released from Imrali and walk in to Diyarbakir in triumph.

you know better be safe than sorry. regards from sarah..

As time passes perhaps it will become clear what is in this for Israel. Or on the other hand, perhaps not and it will become clear Netanyahu was grabbed by his short and curly's .

This was a smart move by Netanyahu. These criticisms are childish. A private statement of regret, money for a humanitarian fund and no lifting of the blockade is basically a cost-free exchange. Turkish leadership compromised due to larger interests. Now Syria and Iran can get better coordination. Syria and Iran can't be happy about this. Good for Israel.

He and Netanyahu are just two unprincipled politicians. Great bedfellows !!

Obama may be a 'smooth' operator, but the facts don't change. So what if he 'made' Israel make what amounts to an empty apology, it's the other side that should be making it. No aid was found on that 'relief ship', the passengers fired first, and the soldiers who landed on deck were doing so lawfully.

Tom, apologizing to those who lay down the red carpet for terrorists like Hamas every other day is not where Israel wants to and should be. Netanyahu sold the farm for the benefit of the recently souring American-Turkish relationship. Has he forgotten Davos and the humiliation of Peres by a finger pointing and shouting Turk? Did he watch the video of the flottila provocation fiasco whereby the IDF soldiers were nearly fatally assaulted by Turkish thugs? Is he kosher with Erdogan's dayly slander and definition of zionism as a crime against humanity in combination with his subsequent world wide declaration of the latter? Does he sympathize with those who embrace Hamas and their nausiating Charter? Let me guess, he doesn't, but he ate the generous Turkish humble pie serving for the benefit of Israel... Now that's patriotism! Regards

and honor the civil cases that crime created... Love it..it's just getting better and better and Israel is getting smaller and smaller and walled in on itself... TATA

Erdogan is a friend of Assad, a friend of Ahmenidajad, and a friend of Haniyeh. In short a friend of Islamic terrorist. The world sees this and makes the connection more and more. The NATO soldiers do not trust Turkey anymore, the Europeans trust Turkey less and less as well. The United States in private speaks of Turkey as an Islamist nation. We know not all the Turkish people are Jihadist, just those who support Erdgoan. There are still educated people in Turkey who oppose Erdogan who live under oppression. Please Erdgoan go visit the terrorist in Gaza and announce to the world that you yourself are a proud Jihadi.