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Ashkenazi 'hopes' common sense wins in Mavi Marmara case

By YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST.COM STAFF

MAY 28, 2012 20:22

Former IDF chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi said Monday that he hoped common sense would prevail, in response to reports that a Turkish high criminal court had accepted an indictment seeking life sentences for him and three others over the 2010 Mavi Marmara raid.

He also expressed hope that Turkey would reestablish diplomatic ties with Israel.

The indictment seeks nine counts of aggravated life imprisonment for Ashkenazi, OC Israel Navy V.-Adm. Eliezer Marom, former Military Intelligence head Amos Yadlin and former IAF intelligence head Brig.-Gen. Avishai Levy, over their alleged involvement in the killing of nine Turks on a Gaza-bound aid ship, Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman and the Andalou Agency reported Monday.

"From the beginning of the affair, I appeared before every forum, sometimes on my own, to defend IDF soldiers who performed their job out in the field on behalf of Israel," Ashkenazi said. "If the price of what I did is not being able to visit Turkey - I am willing to pay that price."

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