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Oct 11, 2007 23:32 | Updated Oct 13, 2007 1:27
Israel braces as US-Turkey crisis erupts
By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER AND HERB KEINON
WASHINGTON
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Ahead of the vote, Turkey had urged Israel to use its influence in Washington to keep the resolution shelved.
Turkish officials said that in recent days, Israel officials had contacted key US Congressional leaders and
discussed both Israel's position on the issue - which is that an independent historical commission should be
set up to evaluate the matter - and the possible impact of the legislation on Turkish-Israeli ties.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, who was in Israel earlier this week, told The Jerusalem Post
in an interview on Monday that not only ties with the US, but also those with Israel, would suffer
if the resolution passed.
Israeli officials said that concerns of a crisis in Israeli-Turkish relations over the issue were overblown,
and that countries with relations in a crisis did not host or invite each other's leaders. When Babacan met
President Shimon Peres on Sunday, he extended an invitation to Peres from Turkish President Abdullah
Gul to visit Turkey.
"This is an internal US issue," one official said. "Our ties with Turkey are very strong. There is no reason
why this should change anything."