The Israeli Public Radio Israel refuses Turkey's insistence on Tel-Aviv's apology Israel's deputy Prime Minister, Moshe Yaalon, said that Turkey's insistence on Israel to apologize for the attacks launched by Israeli troops against Freedom Flotilla, will affect the efforts that aim to bridge the gap between the two countries. Yaalon added during an interview with Israeli radio that Turkey demanded Israel to pay compensation for the families of the victims and to end the Israel blockade in the Gaza Strip. Yaalon added that Turkey decided not to revive security cooperation between the two countries despite the continuation of military and trade relations. Yediot Ahronot Europe refuses Israel's plan to build 6,900 settlement units in the West Bank The EU expressed frustration after Israel's announcement of building 6,900 housing units in the Israeli settlement of the West Bank. The Israeli newspaper reported the statements of the spokeswoman of the Foreign Minister of the EU, Maya Kocijancic, in which she expressed the EU's refusal to the plan. She said that Israeli's action impedes the ongoing efforts of the international community to formulate a solution that ensures Israel's security and creates an independent state for the Palestinians. The spokeswoman said the EU views the settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as a main obstacle to the peace process. Marriv Expected crisis between Israel and New Zealand because Mossad's spy revealed accidentally New Zealand's Prime Minister, John Ki, said that security authorities investigated in Israel's actions after the earthquake that hit New Zealand five months ago. New Zealand's media said that suspicions have been raised that Ofer Mezrahi, who was killed with his friends, worked as a spy for Israel's Mossad. Officials in Tel-Aviv, however, denied this. New Zealand's Prime Minister said investigations have been conducted in unordinary conditions and discovered that Mezrahi worked as a spy for Mossad. Such a conclusion was reached after finding five or six passports among his belongings. Local reports said that three of Mezrahi's friends left New Zealand after the death of Mezrahi as they were spies for the Israeli Mossad as well. Haartez Call to end religious extremism and racial discrimination in Israeli army The head of human resources of the Israeli Army sent a document to the Israeli chief of staff, Beni Janets, calling him to control religious extremism inside the Israeli army. He demanded the chief of staff to re-formulate relations between religious and secular people in the army. Haartez reported that the document raised controversy among the leaders of the Israeli army especially that it tries to change the model of the people's army. The document called for the Israeli leader to review the so called appropriate merge that aims to reduce tensions between the religious soldiers of the army and the female soldiers. It also highlighted that there are a lot of complaints being made to the commanders against the discrimination that the leaders of the army exercise against women. It also said there are leaders in the army who refuse to appoint female soldiers simply because they are women.
