Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan clarified Tuesday that his government has not suspended economic ties with Israel, despite a cessation of military and high-level diplomatic contacts. "Trade ties, military ties regarding defence industry ties, we are completely suspending them. This process will be followed by different measures," Erdogan had bombastically told reporters in Ankara on Monday. It was later reported by the Wall Street Journal that a spokesman for Erdogan said the prime minister had been referring in his remarks only to trade in defense goods, and not to trade in general - playing the contradiction off as a...