The Turkish-Israeli Reconciliation: A Balance Sheet

The Turkish-Israeli reconciliation – while raising legitimate moral questions – yielded terms very much in Israel’s favor, compared to where things stood recently.

Legal threats have been averted, Turkish pressure over the siege of Gaza has been lifted, and the prospects for full Israeli participation in NATO activities are significantly brighter.

The rapprochement should have no ill effect on Israel’s relationships with other friends and allies in the Eastern Mediterranean…

Source: The Turkish-Israeli Reconciliation: A Balance Sheet | Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies