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<H3>By Jeffrey Heller and David Stamp | <A HREF=http://www.reuters.com TARGET=_blank>Reuters</A> | July 17, 2016</H3></CENTER>
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<P><A HREF=Benjamin.Netanyahu-01.jpg TARGET=_blank><IMG SRC=Benjamin.Netanyahu-01a.jpg ALIGN=right WIDTH=250 HEIGHT=167 HSPACE=5 ALT="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, 17 July 2016."></A>Israel reacted tersely on Sunday to a thwarted coup in Turkey, saying it expected a new reconciliation deal between the two regional powers following a six-year rift to be implemented as planned.</P>

<P>Violence erupted in Turkey late on Friday after the start of the Jewish Sabbath, when most government business officially takes a break.</P>

<P>This allowed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu time to consider his response on the move against Turkish President Tayyip Erdo
an, long a critic of Israeli policies but now a key player in the rapprochement with Israel.</P>

<P>When the announcement came, it was brief and measured, coming three weeks after Israel and Turkey   once its principal Muslim ally   signed an accord to restore relations.</P>

<P>"Israel and Turkey recently agreed on a reconciliation process. We estimate that this process will continue, unrelated to the dramatic events in Turkey over the weekend," Netanyahu told his cabinet in televised comments.</P>

<P>On Saturday, a Foreign Ministry spokesman sent a text message to reporters on Saturday that spoke of Israel's respect for "the democratic process in Turkey".</P>

<P>Relations between the two countries crumbled after Israeli marines stormed a Turkish activist ship in May 2010 to enforce a naval blockade of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, killing 10 Turks on board.</P>

<P>Israel, which had already offered its apologies for the raid, agreed under the deal to pay out $20 million to the bereaved and injured.</P>

<P>Both countries are to appoint ambassadors, and Turkey is to pass legislation indemnifying Israeli soldiers as part of an agreement partly driven by the prospect of lucrative Mediterranean gas deals.</P>
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