Turkey's foreign minister has threatened to cut ties with Israel unless it apologizes for its deadly interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla, according to the Jewish Week website.
Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's foreign minister, said Israel must apologize, "Otherwise, our diplomatic ties will be cut off."
Nine Turkish citizens were killed in violence that began when Israeli naval commandos boarded the Marmara in international waters on May 31 to divert the Turkish-flagged ship to Israel's Asholod port.
Turkey has already recalled its ambassador from Israel and canceled several joint military exercises, in addition to banning Israeli airplanes from using Turkish airspace.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will not apologize to Turkey for the flotilla deaths.
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