"Islamist" Turkey offers to accept lower compensation for Mavi Marmara victims: Report.

"Islamist" Turkey offers to accept lower compensation for Mavi Marmara victims: Report.(HD).

The Turkish government has become more flexible over compensation for the deadly Mavi Marmara raid victims and offered to accept a lower payoff from Israel, according to Israeli daily Haaretz.

Israel formally apologized to Turkey in March over the killing of nine Turkish citizens on board the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara vessel in 2010. It also agreed to redress the damages and loss of life and promised to lift an embargo imposed on the Gaza Strip.

Citing a senior Israeli official, the report said Turkey offered to resume negotiations earlier this month.

An Israeli delegation headed by National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s envoy to the Turkish reconciliation talks, Joseph Ciechanover, and acting Foreign Ministry Director General Nissim Ben-Sheetrit arrived Istanbul and met with senior Turkish officials.

“The agreement is ready; all that’s left is to fill in the blank with a number. There are still differences regarding the amounts, but they have narrowed,” the daily quoted a senior Israeli official as saying.“There is a will on both sides to wrap things up as soon as possible and normalize relations.” Hmmm....There's Nothing like a 'Turkish Bazar' deal.

Related: Peaceful Mavi Marmara victim to donate compensation to Hamas, Islamic Jihad.

 Surprise: Israel - Turkey talks break down over 'scope of [Mavi Marmara] compensation'.

The official refused to cite specific sums each party had discussed during the talks. Haaretz, however, has learned that while Israel is prepared to pay $100,000 to each family, the Turks are demanding $1,000,000 per family. And if Israel had been willing to pay $1 million, the Turks would have demanded $10 million.I think this was inevitable.Read the full story here.

Hmmmm.....Diyya - compensation paid to the heirs of a victim. In Arabic the word means both blood money and ransom. Diyaa is part of private rights due to the victim(s), and could not be waived by the sovereign.

In Saudi Arabia, when a person has been killed or caused to die by another, the prescribed blood money rates are as follows:

100,000 riyals if the victim is a Muslim man

50,000 riyals if a Muslim woman

50,000 riyals if a Christian man

25,000 riyals if a Christian woman

6,666 riyals if a Hindu man

3,333 riyals if a Hindu woman.

The amount of compensation is based on the percentage of responsibility. Blood money is to be paid not only for murder, but also in case of unnatural death, interpreted to mean death in a fire, industrial or road accident, for instance, as long as the responsibility for it falls on the causer.Seems the Turks are way 'overcharging' compared to the Arab 'rates'.And 'NO Rate' for killing Jews.