The prime minister's call to his Turkish counterpart was apparently made from a trailer at Tel Aviv airport while Air Force One sat on the ground waiting to depart. The unglamorous setting and the last-minute nature of the call suggests the deal may not have been easy to broker, our correspondent adds. - Halil

as you can see the apology sounds very sincere :-/ - Halil

And by 'any errors that could have led to loss of life' he must refer to the boarding by armed commandos in international waters. - Eivind

indeed, this was totally politically and there was nothing contrite about it, btw the US taxpayers will likely foot the compensation bill! - Halil