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Israel, Turkey on verge of strategic deal

June 23, 2016 11:15
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Turkish diplomats said this week that a deal on the restoration of diplomatic relations with Israel will most likely be signed on July 2.

A meeting between the two countries' senior representatives is to take place on Sunday, where the final details of the agreement are to be worked out.

According to senior sources in both governments, President Reccep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have agreed in principle to the deal. The likely agreement will end eight years of estrangement between the once-strategic allies.

Of the three main issues that have to be addressed, the financial compensation to be given to the families of the ten Turkish activists who were killed by Israeli commandos on the Gaza flotilla in 2010 was agreed upon years ago.