Relations between Turkey and Israel, once close, have soured in recent years as Turkey has tilted away from the West. They deteriorated sharply after the flotilla bloodshed.
The UN report says "Turkey and Israel should resume full diplomatic relations, repairing their relationship in the interests of stability in the Middle East and international peace and security", according to the copy obtained by The New York Times.
Things in the Middle East just keep escalating and intensifying where we all are fearing a cataclysmic explosion no sane person wants. -- JB, Supervising Editor
