’Israeli’ Cabinet Approves Reconciliation Deal with Turkey

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The "Israeli" entity's cabinet approved a reconciliation agreement with Turkey by a seven to three vote on Wednesday, paving the way for the restoration of normalized ties between the two nations.

"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to face an uphill struggle to win approval for the entity's new reconciliation with Turkey during a special cabinet meeting.

Netanyahu along with his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim on Monday lauded a deal reached at the weekend to restore ties after six years of acrimony over a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

However, two top ministers said Tuesday that they would vote against the deal when it comes to a vote among whom were the "Israeli" apartheid entity's so-called Education Minister Naftali Bennett and the so-called Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked

Furthermore, newly-appointed War Minister Avigdor Liberman said that he too may vote against the accord, The Times of "Israel" reported.

Despite some opposition to the deal from leading ministers, Netanyahu is expected to secure the necessary backing to push the deal through.

Netanyahu has the support of many from within the 10-member security cabinet, such as Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz [Likud] and Construction Minister Yoav Galant [Kulanu], according to the "Israeli" Channel 2.

The so-called "Israeli" Interior Minister Gilad Erdan and Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz had still not indicated how they are likely to vote while Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon said that he would make a final decision after reading the details of the deal in-depth.

When announcing the deal, Netanyahu stressed the entity's maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip would remain after the agreement, though Turkey obtained aid concessions for the Palestinian enclave.

His Turkish counterpart Yildirim said that "to this end, our first ship loaded with over 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid will leave for ‘Israel's' Ashdod port on Friday."

Yildirim also noted the entity's commitment to pay $20 million in compensation over the 2010 raid that killed 10 Turkish activists, in exchange for all claims against "Israeli" soldiers being dropped.

Netanyahu pointed to the economic benefits for the apartheid entity, with his country in search of regional customers for gas exports and talk of a potential pipeline to Turkey.

Speaking in Rome after meeting US Secretary of State John Kerry, Netanyahu described the agreement as having "immense implications for the ‘Israeli' economy".

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team