Obama Brokers Israel Apology

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Updated Apr. 21, 2017 11:58AM EDT / Published Mar. 22, 2013 1:37PM EDT

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All it took is a little “Kumbaya” from Obama. The president reportedly brokered an apology from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries for the first time since 2010. Netanyahu apologized for the way in which he handled the deadly commando raid on a Turkish ship in 2010, when Israeli troops were enforcing an aid embargo. According to The New York Times, Obama at one point joined the phone call between the two leaders as they reconciled.

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Obama Brokers Israel Apology

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