Turkey: the storm passes
by Peter Lyukimson, Israel. Exclusively for VK
The history of Jewish-Turkish relations starts in the Medieval Age. It is obviously unique and affected the modern history of Israeli-Turkish relations. Back then, Israelis only dreamed about building a national state and Zionists had a schism over attitudes towards Turkey. Ze'ev Zhabotinsky viewed the UK and Antanta as allies in achieving the goal. The first Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion was confident in the 1910s that stress should be put on the support of the Ottoman Empire.
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