Why Turkey May at Last Be Ready to Mend Fences with Israel
The UAE helped reorient Erdogan toward the Jewish state.
March 11, 2022
Why Turkey May at Last Be Ready to Mend Fences with Israel
The UAE helped reorient Erdogan toward the Jewish state.
The Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit to Ankara this week is not the first time Turkey and Israel have attempted reconciliation. While those previous efforts achieved little, Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak sees reason for cautious optimism for the simple reason that Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Islamist Turkish president who bears the brunt of responsibility for the rupture, now genuinely desires rapprochement. Playing a key role in this shift is the United Arab Emirates, which, like the Jewish state, takes umbrage at Erdogan’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood, and Hamas.
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