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Mon 10 Oct 2009Turkey, Israel tension linked to Ankara's new alliances
ISLAMIC-TINTED ideology and a new Turkish emphasis on soft power over military may lie at the heart of a double crisis that has engulfed once-close ties between Israel and Turkey this week.
Relations between the two countries, tense since Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip last year, were dented last weekend when Israel protested at being excluded from joint airforce exercises in Turkish airspace.
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