President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan walking along the Colonnade at the White House. Photo: wiki commons.

Washington Times – U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry urged Turkish leaders Sunday to speedily restore full diplomatic relations with Israel, two American allies the U.S. sees as anchors of stability in a Middle East wracked by Syria‘s civil war, Arab Spring political upheavals and the potential threat posed by Iran‘s nuclear program.

Turkey, however, demanded that Israel end all “embargoes” against the Palestinians first.

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