More than half of Israelis oppose the newly announced reconciliation deal with Turkey, according to an Israeli television poll, the JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) website reports today (June 28, 2016).
In addition, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman -- who sees Turkey as an unrepentant antagonist of Israel -- said he is against the deal and plans to vote against it.
The poll by Channel 10 found that 56 percent of Israelis oppose the deal that ends a six-year break in diplomatic relations between the two countries, while another 11 percent has no opinion, i24 News reported.
Under the deal -- to be signed today in Jerusalem and Ankara -- Israel will pay $20 million in compensation to the families of the nine Turkish citizens killed in a 2010 raid on a ship, the Mavi Marmara, attempting to break Israel's Gaza blockade, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. Critics say Israel does not owe compensation to those killed on the Mavi Marmara ship because the activists attacked the Israeli soldiers.
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