“Amid multiple reports of covert overtures between nations, some analysts see Ankara as seeking to start off relations with new, less friendly US administration on the right foot”

TIMES OF ISRAEL
After years of acrimony, Turkey’s Erdogan says he’d like better ties with Israel
by TOI staff
December 25, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he wished to improve ties with Israel, after long years of making repeated bellicose comments toward the Jewish state. “Our relations with Israel on intelligence have not ceased anyway, they are still continuing,” Erdogan said during a press conference. “We have some difficulties with the people at the top.” He stressed that Ankara “cannot accept the attitude of Israel towards the Palestinian lands,” and that “we differ from Israel in terms of our understanding of both justice and the territorial integrity of countries.” But, he noted: “Otherwise, our heart desires that we can move our relations with them to a better point.” READ MORE

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