Lieberman and Aides: Apologizing to Turkey Means Surrendering to Terror

"Israeli" Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's aides slammed Netanyahu's endeavor with Turkey in which "Israel" is expected to apologize for the events of the Gaza flotilla. "Apologizing to Turkey means surrendering to terror," they said.

Officials close to Lieberman completely rejected the proposal that "Israel" apologize to Turkey in exchange for "normalizing" their ties, and demanded that Turkey apologize to "Israel" instead.

""Israel" needs to demand that Turkey apologize and that Turkey compensate "Israel" for the aid it gave the group of terrorists and the IHH organization who organized the Gaza flotilla, an organization that even European countries define as a terrorist group," they said.

Earlier on Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Teyyip Erdogan insisted that "Israel" should apologize for its deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy in international waters, which left nine Turkish activists dead.