The Turk dispatch President Obama to go to Israel to force PM Netanyahu to apologize to Turkish Bully Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Israel’s 2010 raid on a Turkish ship.

The president’s involvement, a senior American official said, was crucial to both leaders, which is why Mr. Netanyahu scheduled the call before Mr. Obama’s departure from Israel. Mr. Erdogan insisted on speaking to Mr. Obama first before the president handed the phone over to Mr. Netanyahu. In the end, the call produced a win-win for all sides.

A Hamas official said Turkish Premier Erdogan phoned exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on Friday, March 22 evening and briefed him on the details of Netanyahu’s apology.