Turkey's foreign minister issued a menacing warning to Israel demanding Jerusalem apologize for the deadly 2010 raid on a Gaza bound boat by the time the UN report on the incident is published. The United Nation's Palmer report is expected to be released in the coming days, possibly as early as Friday. Turkey's foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned that if Israel did not apologize forthe incident by the time the report is released, Turkey will "put Plan B into play." The plan refers to a threat made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month saying that if Israel did not apologize, Turkey would further downgrade ties with Israel and aggressively oppose it in international forums and also cut economic ties with Jerusalem. Israeli officials said the 102-page report concludes that Israel's naval blockade of Gaza was legal, as was the interception of vessels trying to break theblockade. The report shows IHH activists behind the flotilla were looking for a violent provocation and that there was a relationship between the Turkish governmentand the IHH. Officials said it also states that Israeli soldiers defended themselves after coming up against premeditated violence by those on the ship. Israel has expressed regret for the deaths of nine Turkish activists and has said it is willing to pay compensation to the families if the Turkish government sets up a fund.
