Turkey reads Israel. Does Israel read Turkey?
The article examines how Turkish media covered the elections in Israel compared to how Israel perceives Turkey, and quotes Erdogan and Fidan who left the door open for dialogue with the next government. It analyzes the attack on the airport in Syria as an illustration of the need for a direct communication channel.
The article examines how Turkish media covered the elections in Israel compared to how Israel perceives Turkey. It notes that the independent site Bianet compared the different channel polls in Israel on election night, and the state-run Anadolu Agency followed Eisenkot's attempts to form a government. The newspaper Evrensel offered an interpretation attributing the deadlock to racism against the Arab parties. The article quotes Erdogan, who said in an interview with Newsweek that Turkey has no hostility toward the Israeli public, and Fidan, who said there is no reason for open confrontation. It analyzes the Israeli attack on Abu al-Duhur airport in Syria as an illustration of the need for a direct channel of dialogue between the countries. The conclusion: the gaps in security perception between the right-wing parties in Israel are narrow, but the substantive disagreements over Syria, Gaza, and the West Bank make a return to warm relations difficult.