According to the Global Network, Turkey and Israel officially announced the resumption of diplomatic relations, and the two sides will reassign ambassadors.
Over the past decade, Turkish-Israeli relations have encountered many crises. Diplomatic relations resumed six years later, when Israel attacked a Turkish civilian vessel, killing nine people, recalling ambassadors and severing diplomatic relations with each other.
In 2018, in order to express its support for Israel's position, the United States moved its embassy to Jerusalem, while Turkey has always been on the Palestinian side, so Turkey and Israel once again announced the severance of diplomatic relations.
However, since last year, with the increasing international tension, the contradictions and conflicts between regional powers have been alleviated, and Turkish-Israeli relations have also shown signs of thawing.
In March, Israeli President Herzog visited Turkey. Although the President of Israel is a fictitious office and does not have as much real power as the Prime Minister, after all, he is the head of a country, and every move represents the position of the Israeli state.
Not long after, the foreign ministers of Turkey and Israel exchanged visits, and the relations between the two sides further warmed up. After Israeli Prime Minister Bennett stepped down, Foreign Minister Rapid temporarily became prime minister. Some scholars have analyzed that improving Turkish-Israeli relations will become a plus point for Rapid in the parliamentary elections held in November, helping him to smoothly "turn regular".
However, there are still great variables in Turkish-Israeli relations, the first of which is the Palestinian issue. When announcing the resumption of diplomatic relations with Israel, the Turkish side specifically pointed out that they will not abandon their position on the Palestinian issue and that the two sides will continue to discuss on a sustainable basis.
The implication is that Palestine is still a hurdle between Turkey and Israel, but everything is negotiable. Erdogan has always pursued pragmatism, and his previous high-profile support for Palestine was to highlight Turkey's great power responsibility, and now he is willing to lower his posture, but only to ask for people.
Since 2010, natural gas fields have been discovered in the eastern Mediterranean, and Turkey originally wanted to get a piece of the pie and charge border crossing fees like Ukraine. However, considering the instability of relations between the two countries, Israel has avoided Turkey and chosen to cooperate with Greece and Cyprus on pipeline projects.
In recent years, Turkey's economic situation has been bad, especially after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the inflation rate is about to exceed 80%. High inflation has made ordinary people miserable, and the depreciation of the lira has made the Turkish economy even worse. In desperation, Erdogan can only hope for improved relations with Israel to stimulate economic recovery.
It is worth mentioning that although the inflation rate is about to explode, Turkey is still cutting interest rates. On the 18th local time, Turkey's central bank announced a 100 basis point interest rate cut, cutting the interest rate to 13%, which is called stimulating economic development.
Some people say that Erdogan jumps on eggs and will be crushed if he is not careful. But according to Turkey's finance minister, since the president became a social talent, a lot of investment has been drawn from neighboring countries, overseas government funds have been continuously flowing into the national treasury, and the central bank's foreign exchange reserves have increased significantly, so there is no need to worry about the debt problem caused by interest rate cuts.
The authenticity of this passage needs to be verified, but since Erdogan chose to cut interest rates at this time, it is nothing more than to let the domestic economic crisis break out later and give him time to solve external problems.
This week, Turkey stepped up its military strikes against the Kurdish zone in northern Syria, which has so far killed 3 Syrian government forces and injured 6 others. Erdogan has also said many times in recent times that Turkey will launch a new round of cross-border strikes against the Kurds, pointing the finger at the Syrian Kurdish armed forces.
Perhaps because it has heard some wind noise, the United States has recently accelerated the pace of stealing oil in Syria. A few days ago, the Syrian official media issued an article accusing the US military of stealing oil, and the frequency is far more than usual, stealing twice in three days.
Syrian government departments also pointed out that the US military steals up to 66,000 barrels of oil every day, accounting for 83% of Syria's average daily production capacity. Many people don't understand why Syria is still so poor with oil, and that's why.
In addition, the Kurdish forces are also proxies supported by the US military in Syria to contain Turkey. But now because of the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, the United States has to make concessions to Turkey, and Russia, which supports the Syrian government forces, has been unable to pull away from the Ukrainian battlefield, so Erdogan dares to cross the border to attack the Kurds without scruples.
If this operation is successful, it will not only enhance Turkey's voice in the Middle East and even the international community, but also greatly help Erdogan to increase public support. After all, Turkey is about to usher in a new presidential election next year, and success or failure is here.