Netanyahu will not apologize to Turkey

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected on Tuesday once again to apologize to Turkey for the killing of nine civilians on board a ship bound for Gaza last year. The Israeli Prime Minister stated his position to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Netanyahu''s position was declared amidst pressures from the US administration on the Israeli government to apologize to Turkey. Netanyahu however stressed to Clinton that he will not apologize for the Marmara incident. Citing political sources, Haaretz reported that Netanyahu does not fear the publishing of the Palmer report that investigated the storming of the freedom flotilla and Marmara ship last year. The newspaper quoted Netanyahu as saying that publishing the report is a decision of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Israeli Ambassador to Turkey will end his term of office in the coming days and reports are already surfacing that the Turkish government will not accredit Israel''s new ambassador if the crisis continues.