: Turkey and Israel Are Normalizing Ties Again. It Will Be a Long, Uncertain Path #WorldNEWS Israel and Turkey announced Wednesday that they would restore full diplomatic ties with each other and re-appoint

Turkey and Israel Are Normalizing Ties Again. It Will Be a Long, Uncertain Path #WorldNEWS
Israel and Turkey announced Wednesday that they would restore full diplomatic ties with each other and re-appoint their ambassadors in Ankara and Tel Aviv. Although the two countries have spent years at odds over Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians and other contentious issues, Turkey is grappling with an inflation rate above 70% and is seeking foreign investment. For its part, Israel views Turkey as a strong player that can counterbalance Iran’s influence in the region.
“A dialogue process began with Israel after the new government took office,” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuolu, in an apparent reference to Israel’s longest-serving leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, who left office in June 2021. “The appointment of ambassadors was among the steps we said we would take to normalize relations. ”
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In 2018, Israel and Turkey expelled their respective ambassadors from each other’s countries after the U. S. under former President Donald Trump moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a part of which Palestinians want as their future capital—kicking off deadly confrontations along the Israel-Gaza border. At least 100 Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers in protests in the aftermath of the embassy announcement.
But that wasn’t the first time tensions flared between Turkey and Israel. In 2010, the two countries withdrew their ambassadors from Ankara and Tel Aviv after Israeli commandos attacked a Turkish aid flotilla, killing at least 10 pro-Palestinian activists. The protestors had intended to break Israel’s now 15-year blockade of Gaza and deliver supplies. Israel has since paid million in compensation to the families of the victims of the raid; Turkey dropped its criminal charges against Israeli officers. The two countries had restored full diplomatic relations after the payment, until the 2018 developments.
“Turkish-Israeli relations have deteriorated periodically over the last 15 years in particular—partially due to Israeli occupation violence against the Palestinians,” says H. A. Hellyer, a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Turkey stressed that the current normalization deal would not affect their support for Palestinians. “As we have always said, we will continue to defend the rights of Palestinians,” Çavuolu said.
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Turkey holds a special significance as the first Muslim-majority country to establish diplomatic ties with Israel in 1949. Now, it becomes the latest such country to work towards normalizing ties with Israel following similar steps taken by the Arab states of Bahrain, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.

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