Israeli “Defense” minister Ehud Barak said the Zionist entity should reach a compromise with Turkey over the deadly raid of flotilla last year.

Israeli “Defense” minister Ehud Barak said the Zionist entity should reach a compromise with Turkey over the deadly raid of flotilla last year.

"I'm not talking about an apology for the blockade or an apology for the flotilla, but about saying that if any errors were made during the operation – we regret them", he said following a meeting with US administration officials.
"I don't like it", Barak admitted in a press briefing, "but it's not a bad thing to have reasonable relations with Turkey in a region which has instability in Egypt, downsizing in Saudi Arabia and a hostile Iran".

He met with US Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon.
Israeli daily, Haaretz, quoted Barak as saying in the meeting: “"We need to find a creative formula” instead of an apology for the raid.

Barak meeting with US officials reinforced his views that the conflict with Ankara should be resolved. However Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has been strongly opposing an apology.
On May 31 2010 Israeli occupation forces raided “Freedom” Flotilla which was carrying aids to the besieged Gaza people.

PALMER REPORT
The “defense” minister is to meet the UN Secretary General on Friday in order to discuss the Palmer Report probing the flotilla raid.
“On the one hand, the report includes very important conclusions for Israel, which put Turkey in the corner in terms of the justification for the blockade, the justification for stopping the flotilla and the justification for using force," Barak said.

"On the other hand," he added, "there is a problematic element dealing with what happened during the operation. We don't agree with some of things, but we must make a choice between a problematic report and reaching an understanding with Turkey, so that the things that bother us are clarified and there are no lawsuits across the world on the part of Turkey and Turks against Israel and against officers and commanders."

A report by the UN-sponsored Palmer Committee on the incident is scheduled to be released in a few weeks.
The report, of which Israel received a draft earlier this month, considers that Israel's maritime closure of the Gaza Strip is “legal”. It looks at the Israeli decision to stop the flotilla as “lawful”.
However, the report harshly criticizes the way Israel acted in doing so, adding that the Zionist soldiers “used excessive force”, since “the deaths could have been prevented in several cases.