Turkey-Israel relations amid overtures for normalization

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has apparently made a strategic decision, to bury the hatchet and normalize Turkey’s relations with Israel. For the last several months, there have been small and symbolic signs of Erdogan’s willingness to chart a new course with the Bennett government, after a dozen years of tension with the one headed by Netanyahu. There were phone calls with senior Israeli officials; Erdogan praised Bennett’s “positive attitude” and his Foreign Minister wished his Israeli counterpart a speedy recovery from a light case of Covid. When and how will substance follow style?

Gusts Ambassador Matthew Bryza, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak: Research fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security as well as at the Moshe Dayan Center, and Amir Oren, TV7 Editor at Large, Host of TV7 Watchmen Talk. Host Jonathan Hessen.

Jerusalem Studio

The program offers the viewer deeper understanding about current events in Israel. The topics vary from domestic and foreign policy to social changes, archaelogy and religion.

The program is hosted by TV7 Israel News anchor Jonathan Hessen.

  • First broadcast: February 1, 2022, TV7 World
  • Episode number: 664
  • Duration: 30 min
  • Spoken languages:
  • English
  • Subtitles:
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