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When the Ball Comes to Our Court...
Tiryaki, Sylvia |
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| No doubt, future of the relations between Turkey and Israel relies heavily on what the relations between Israelis and Palestinians will be. Yet, Turkey’s insistence on lifting of the Gaza blockage will hardly be enough to turn the tables in Gaza, at least not as of now. Turkey might gain some “persuasive leverage” however, when Assad’s regime in Syria isdefeated, with the clear Turkish support. Without foreseeing whether Israel really apologises, Turkey should be ready for such a scenario. Bilateral relations between countries are never only bilateral. They always contain regional and even global dimension. If Israel satisfies two of three Turkey’s preconditions, few countries will be seeing the blockage of Gaza as an obstacle to the normalization of the relations between the two countries. In other words, we in Turkey might find ourselves with the ball in our court. |
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