By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has announced that the Turkish navy will escort any future Turkish aid flotillas en route to Gaza.
This decision is a direct by product of the escalating tensions between Turkey and Israel - tensions that have been building to a crescendo as a result of the UN Palmer Report.
An action of this type would be an act of war --- an armed, foreign ship breaking a sea blockade. A not just any blockade, a blockade that the UN Palmer Report said was justified and legal.
I am not convinced that it will come to this, but the rhetoric is ratcheting up very high.
Very sharp words are coming out of Ankara.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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