Will Israel apologize to Turkey or is it wishful thinking?

Defenseless defense minister Ehud Barak was in Washington this past week, where he was subjected to a full-court press by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and new Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to apologize to Turkey for allowing the IDF to defend itself during the Mavi Marmara incident last year. Barak, who was inclined to apologize in the first place, told a news conference in Washington

Palmer report delayed, Obama takes Turkey's side

The destruction of the Jewish village of Migron (see previous post below) wasn't the only thing delayed on Sunday. The United Nations decided to delay the Palmer report on the Mavi Marmara incident for another month in the hope that Israel and Turkey can reach some sort of modus vivendi. According to the officials, the report – which was to be submitted to UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon on

Israelis to be barred from investing in Siemens?

Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz is preparing legislation to impose sanctions on Iran, to declare it an enemy state and to prohibit all economic activity by Israelis with it. You mean, we haven't done this until now? Well, actually this seems to go further.... Steinitz sent a draft regulation prohibiting investment in corporations doing business with Iran to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense