Turkey knows Israel or any nation can board ships in international waters and even the Turkish Navy does this in other parts of the world. The Royal Canadian Navy did a drug bust in the Indian Ocean and the bust took place in international waters and places everyone on board under arrest and it has been known the Turkish Navy does carry out similar raids too. They have no case, just ask the rest of them who did try to sue Israel but failed.

Poor baby. We didn't mean to scare you.

on their own cognizance, at the Eilat hotel of their choice, for them and their families. Is the capitulation and appeasement conspicuous enough yet? (Just when the US is doing so well appeasing Noko and Iran, too.)

Then when Israel agrees ,make another demand.Then when Israel agrees,make yet another demand He wants apology+"compensation"+trial for all Israeli General Staff+open Gaza Borders + + + +....what else . Is this what Obama promised Bibi on the Tarmac at B G I Abbas also wants Map+ prisoner release +East Jerusalem+ BDS +ICCJ+Intifada +no building anywhere outside old green line + + +

Would anyone please explain why Israel is giving an apology to terrorist for defending her sitizens

It is Israel's right to defend it self. But now, when Israel givs an apology to Turkey. They have to blame the soldiers for the murderer of the wichtims. Now Israel turn the finger at them self.

"The apology nonetheless showed Israel had accepted its wrongdoing in the incident." Is exactly how the enemy understands Bibi's apology. Lying intentionally for political gains, compromising, showing good faith, is always interpreted by the demonic minds of the enemy to further their agenda to weaken and crush Jews. That is the sum total of their miserable lives. We sold out Israel at Oslo to Arafat, and now sold out the IDF for Obama. and to pacify a putrid madman in Turkey. What idiots.

bibi is weak and yellow to the bone. That he is better than olmert livni and barak is no compliment to israel. He should step down soon. as for turkey, israel only agreed to this apology because of us pressure which bibi cannot take. To you, turkey, I say, you can go to hell with your lies and bs . having killed 1 million armenians, you are the last to give advice with your bs leaders erdogan who assad showed to be coward running to nato for patriots.

in 1941jews chartered a ship named Struma to save themself from the fascist europe,to reach the than Palestine shores.They left the port of rumenien Constanza carrying nearly 800 jewish refugees children women and man on board.On the way on the open sea the diesel engine of this old ship stopped working and after her crew tried vainly to start her engine again They transmitted distress signals,and she was towed into Istambul Turkey.Turkish mechanics worked about 10 days long attempting in vain to repair the engine.All this ten days the turks denied permission to the jews to come ashore.After this ten days turkish authorities boarded the Struma and seeing her engine still not working,they gave order to tow the ship out to the open waters of the black sea. Ten miles off Istambul on the morning a submarine torpedoed her and the Struma sank quickly and the many people trapped below decks drouwned.Many others on board survived and clang to pieces of the wrackage hoping for rescue but no rescue came and all but one died from drouwing.Nobody even excused himself.Andi mi hakfar

"Never trust a Turk bearing gifts" : paraphrase of a very old saying. I am so happy I spent my Christmas vacation in Greece! Turkey is not an option for me and my extended family (of 27 people) for as long as Turkey does not apologize to Israel for incitement, lies and racism! I am fed up with the Islamist physical and political terror!

The IDF soldiers who shot the terrorist should be paid reward money for removing the earth of terrorist. Why pay the terrorist families who are ungrateful and greedy. Lets reward the IDF soldiers instead. The Turks keep demanding more and more like the PLO does. You cannot appease our enemies.

imprisoned in turkey

Israel needs to press charges against Erdogan, Dovotglu, and others, including the IHH for reckless endangerment the Israeli soldiers brutally attacked while trying to enforce an internationally legal blockade, and for sponsoring the IHH terrorist group. Israel has a better case than Turkey. As Israel only apologized for ERRORS THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED (there were none), Turkey is clearly guilty of aiding and abetting terrorist acts.

It will be remembered as a BLACK CHAPTER in the NATION"s history that many READERS of an online newspaper were able to foresee the unwisdom and hideous consequences that would flow from the PM's decision, the readers being in possession of a far greater foresight than the PM himself!

Erdogan is stipped to his neck in Kurdish shit. This time, Mavi Marnara maneuver will not work to save him.

was because I thought he would stand up to Obama and say no to him.

If Brotherhood / Sunni / Saudi / Obama axis wins, Erdogan will be important. If Assad /Shi'ite / Iran / Russia alliance wins Erdogan is dead meat. The Mavi Marmara is a side-show where Bibi sold Israeli and IDF soldiers out for the privilege of Obama helping him suck up to Abbas.

The soldiers that boarded the ship were attacked , injured and taken below deck - basically kidnapped. The kidnappers must also pay.

Make them spend a week in a 5 star spa resort on the dead sea with NO ROOM SERVICE muah ha ha ha

Correct me if iam wrong but that idiom was created by people of troy after they found a big horse gift from greeks and lost the city, it was meant for the greeks and the phrase is "beware of greeks bearing gifts" not?

we're the world champions at moronic acts of this kind!

the ihh terrorists left behind "martyrdom videos" - how many people going to "peaceful" demonstrations leave behind statements of their intention to die in violent jihad? israel should demand that erdogan put the ihh terrorists on trial, never mind apologizing to them. getting turkey onside is part of barack hussein obama's syria problem, not israel's. pushing israel under the bus, yet again, is not the solution to everything.

SHOW THEM YOUR FINGER, THEY WANT YOUR ARM. WEAKNESS BEGETT MORE TERRORISM.

Turkey showed to her Muslim brothers that even though it tried to humiliate Israel for 5 consecutive years it was was not punished for that but even received apology from the Israel PM. Afterall apology seems not a so wise decision.