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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Turkey joins boycott of OECD Jerusalem conference

JTA - Turkey reportedly will boycott a regional tourism conference next week in Israel.

The move to boycott the biannual Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development conference, which is set to begin Oct. 20 in Jerusalem, reportedly is Turkey's first official boycott of Israel on an international level since the deaths of nine Turkish passengers on a Gaza-bound flotilla that was intercepted by Israeli naval commandos on May 31.

... Spain and Britain reportedly have said that they also will not send delegations.

On Oct. 8, the OECD warned Israel that it would cancel the conference unless Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov retracted an assertion that the gathering signals recognition of the city as Israel's capital. Read more
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