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Israel and Turkey to Restore Full Diplomatic Ties
Move clears way for an easing of Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip
ORR HIRSCHAUGE in Tel Aviv and
NED LEVIN and AYLA ALBAYRAK in Istanbul
June 26, 2016 - Wall Street Journal
Israel and Turkey to Restore Full Diplomatic Ties
Israel and Turkey to Restore Full Diplomatic Ties
Move clears way for an easing of Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip
ORR HIRSCHAUGE in Tel Aviv and
NED LEVIN and AYLA ALBAYRAK in Istanbul
June 26, 2016 - Wall Street Journal
Israel and Turkey to Restore Full Diplomatic Ties
Israel and Turkey agreed to restore full diplomatic ties after more than six years of animosity, clearing the way for renewed cooperation between the U.S. allies and an easing of Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Officials from both countries said late Sunday that negotiators in Rome had reached a deal that will be made public in Jerusalem and Ankara on Monday. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu was in Rome to meet with Secretary of State John Kerry and speak about the agreement.
The push toward rapprochement came amid security threats to both nations—the Syrian conflict on their borders, the rise of the extremist group Islamic State and what many regional governments view as Iran’s assertive military and political posture.
The deal won’t end the tight controls Israel imposed on Gaza’s borders in 2007 to hold Hamas militarily in check—a concession Turkey had demanded. But, in a compromise that broke a deadlock after months of talks, Turkey will be allowed to send aid to Gaza through the Israeli port of Ashdod and to build a 200-bed hospital, new power plants, residential buildings and other badly needed infrastructure in the war-torn Palestinian enclave.
Israel will also make it possible for Turkey to launch major development projects in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory whose borders are also controlled by Israel, a senior Turkish official said.
In addition, the two countries will rebuild military and intelligence ties, which grew close in the 1990s and early 2000s, an Israeli official said. They will send ambassadors back to each other’s capitals.
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Officials from both countries said late Sunday that negotiators in Rome had reached a deal that will be made public in Jerusalem and Ankara on Monday. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu was in Rome to meet with Secretary of State John Kerry and speak about the agreement.
The push toward rapprochement came amid security threats to both nations—the Syrian conflict on their borders, the rise of the extremist group Islamic State and what many regional governments view as Iran’s assertive military and political posture.
The deal won’t end the tight controls Israel imposed on Gaza’s borders in 2007 to hold Hamas militarily in check—a concession Turkey had demanded. But, in a compromise that broke a deadlock after months of talks, Turkey will be allowed to send aid to Gaza through the Israeli port of Ashdod and to build a 200-bed hospital, new power plants, residential buildings and other badly needed infrastructure in the war-torn Palestinian enclave.
Israel will also make it possible for Turkey to launch major development projects in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory whose borders are also controlled by Israel, a senior Turkish official said.
In addition, the two countries will rebuild military and intelligence ties, which grew close in the 1990s and early 2000s, an Israeli official said. They will send ambassadors back to each other’s capitals.
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