Turkey And Israel

Erdogan and other senior Turkish officials have made public overtures towards Israel in the past year, and inviting Steinitz to the conference is another step in that vein.

Ever since Israel signed the Abraham Accords in Washington last September, the threat that Iran posed to Israel and the Gulf countries has widely been seen as the glue cementing those relationships.

Ankara hopes to play ‘good cop’ for incoming Biden administration.

There is historical evidence suggesting there were Jews living in what is now known as Turkey as far back as the fifth century BCE.

Despite pandemic, Turkish food and beverage exports to Israel up so far in 2020.

Turkey emerges as a crisis-addicted adversary to Israel, the UAE and Greece in recent meetings with Hamas and threats against Athens and Abu Dhabi.

Netanyahu said ties between Greece and Israel are expanding, in part due to the “shared geopolitical interests of two democratic countries in the eastern Mediterranean.”

Turkey was the first Muslim country to recognize Israel’s independence in 1949 and the two countries had been close allies with many shared regional interests.

The United States has around 1,000 troops in Syria tackling Islamic State militants.

Turkish leader makes his comments to Muslims in NY, then goes to UN to continue berating Israel