Are Security and Energy Concerns Moving Turkey and Israel Toward Reconciliation?
by Margaret Williams , Friday, June 20, 2014
Earlier this month, about 3,000 people marched through the streets of Istanbul in memory of the eight Turkish citizens and one Turkish-American killed by Israeli Defense Forces when the Mavi Marmara ship, known as the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, tried to break through Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip in May 2010. The incident marked a nadir in Israel and Turkey’s strained relationship in recent years, and neither country’s ambassador has since returned to his former post.
More:IPI Global Observatory - Are Security and Energy Concerns Moving Turkey and Israel Toward Reconciliation?