Israel apologizes to Turkey: how Syrian crisis helped Obama make his case

Motivated by increasing concerns over the crisis in Syria, US officials say, Obama implored Israel's Netanyahu to reach out to Turkey. Erdogan's office said the apology was accepted.


So Syria - the sudden controversy that relations between the two main partners in the United citrus conquered Israel and Turkey to strengthen ties between President Obama surprised further regional crisis in the U.S. behind the mediator Friday fix.

So Syria - the sudden controversy that relations between the two main partners in the United citrus conquered Israel and Turkey to strengthen ties between President Obama surprised further regional crisis in the U.S. behind the mediator Friday fix.

U.S. officials also suggest that the effect of increasing and growing concerns about Syrian conflict in the region - especially some of the issues of increasing importance for Israel - a key motivation Obama tried to mediate.

A phone call later issued a statement, Obama said the United States had "great significance for the promotion of regional peace and security restored in the positive relationship between them."

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, a senior government official stressed the importance of regional cooperation as president of places - and Israel and "the good relations between Turkey, especially on the regional security both to sign a substantial interest"

Netanyahu calls Erdogan said the Turkish leader had started the American official "regional relations, interests, Turkey and Israel, with President Obama to the importance of cooperation to discuss."

Once the warm relations between Israel and Turkey, built in 2010, a Turkish aid ship to Gaza that nine people in an Israeli raid slain in the freezer, all or Turks or Turkish origin. Diplomatic relations were broken, and Turkish rhetoric toward Israel became more and more drastic Israel refused to apologize for the deadly attacks grew. Israel said the attack to a legal blockade of Gaza to force is governed by what he considered hamasa question, and the loss of life that occurred after the Israeli soldiers were attacked.

In his meeting with Erdogan on Friday, Netanyahu this aid flotilla that the loss of life led military operations against "operational errors" apologized for.

Friday is still unclear what the two leaders agreed to the terms of normalization of relations officers. In his first statement on the issue, Netanyahu office said the two leaders had agreed to formal relations and exchange ambassadors. However, a later statement, repeated reference ignored standardization and exchange ambassadors.

Erdogan's office issued a statement saying that Prime Minister Netanyahu's apology on behalf of the Turkish people accepted, and the two countries have a flotilla incident, the "Settlement Agreement" was agreed.

The U.S. official said that only one call from a "big step forward" and this "we agree that they work together, but may vary."

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmet Davutoglu published Friday by twitter, the foreign minister said that Turkey, Israel said: "many times" that an apology is a "must" for the relationship in general. He went on Twitter that "it is found in all of our requirements."

Erdogan said he that "the relations between Turkey and Israel deterioration" in particular "unfortunate" because "significant strategic importance for the stability and peace in the region" relationship agree.

Repair diplomatic relations with both countries and the Obama Middle East trip that the repair work is encouraged, and the possible negative consequences for Turkey was in deep crisis developed in Syria with Israel.

The allegations of chemical weapons Syria Obama in the first weeks of the war, the two parties made regarding the use of chemical weapons in its "red line" and the repeated use of the public that such a "game changer" in the U.S. approach to the conflict.

Israel is increasingly concerned about the developments in Syria - and growing presence in the region, particularly the Islamic extremists, some of which are outside the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad against Israel after the overthrow of conduct promising. Israel is also possible that Mr. Assad's chemical weapons falling into the hands of Hezbollah militants and other problems.

Turkey is growing refugee population in Syria face, and pulled concerned about the conflict, especially when more and more desperate for Assad to launch cross-border attacks.

U.S. officials noted that the U.S. was at least the last two years with Turkey and Israel working to promote change in their relationship deteriorated.

But if Obama is now in its diplomatic coup, the deep concern of the two countries to reach a common threat - a trap and Syria unstable - it was a good part.