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Israel Ends Turkey Travel Warning

   VOA News 20 July 2010

   Israel has lifted a travel warning for Turkey that was imposed after a
   deadly   Israeli   raid   on   an   aid  flotilla  of  mostly  Turkish
   pro-Palestinian activists.
   The  Israeli  government announced Tuesday that the travel warning for
   Israeli citizens considering travel to Turkey had been rescinded.
   A  statement  from  the country's counter-terrorism bureau said "calm"
   had  returned  to  Turkey along with an absence of large-scale rallies
   against Israel.
   In  May,  Israeli  commandos  killed nine activists who were part of a
   flotilla  that  was  trying  to  break an Israeli blockade on the Gaza
   Strip  to deliver aid directly to Palestinians. Eight of the activists
   were Turks and the ninth was a Turkish-American.
   The  incident  prompted  anti-Israeli protests in Turkey and elsewhere
   and also led Turkey to withdraw its ambassador from Israel. Â
   Israel has since taken steps to ease its Gaza blockade.

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   Some information for this report was provided by AP.

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