"Why we need Turkey
By Zvi Bar'el
Tags: Turkey, Gaza, Israel news
'You have to understand the historical aspect of our relations. We the Turks still have an Ottoman view of the region, whereby it's more natural for us to have ties with Israel than with the Arab countries,' a member of the Turkish National Security Council told Haaretz last week, as the relationship between the two countries continued to deteriorate."
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