Government denies Clinton asked Israel to apologize to Turkey

In an earlier post, I reported that the Netanyahu government had refused a request from Secretary of State Clinton to apologize to Turkey over the Mavi Marmara incident. Israel Radio reports in its 11:00 pm news update that the report that Clinton asked Israel to apologize is 'not accurate.'

JPost is reporting that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said that he regrets that the decision

No apology to Turkey

The Israeli government has decided to look out for Israel, and as a result has left Barack Hussein Obama holding the bag. Obama deserves it.

The Obama administration convinced Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to agree not to bring down the government in the event that Israel apologized to Turkey for the Mavi Marmara incident. But Netanyahu decided not to apologize anyway (the Israeli media is

Lieberman's warnings

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has warned of 'unprecedented violence' in the wake of a unilateral declaration of a 'Palestinian state' by the United Nations in September. Lieberman has urged Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to cut off all relations with the 'Palestinian Authority.' Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in a press conference Sunday he will ask the government to cut off all

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