Israeli minister offers olive branch in first visit to Turkey in three years

Israeli Environment Minister Amir Peretz yesterday offered an olive branch to Turkey during his visit to Istanbul, saying the people of both nations were expecting “reconciliation” from their governments very soon. Peretz arrived in Istanbul late on Dec. 4, launching the first visit from an Israeli government official since the
Mavi Marmara raid back in May 2010, which badly damaged relations between the former allies.




“I believe that problems between Turkey and Israel will be resolved very soon,” he said while attending a United Nations conference on pollution in Mediterranean. “The people of Israel and the people of Turkey expect their governments to reconcile as soon as possible.”Peretz added that as countries of the Mediterranean, Turkey and Israel were very “connected.” “We need to increase our cooperation. There are no borders to the environment. We need to find new ways of communicating to overcome the walls between us,” he said

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