Israeli Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer will visit Turkey next month for talks on commercial and economic cooperation between Israel and Turkey, Israeli officials have said.


If it takes place, Ben-Eliezer's visit to Ankara will be the highest-level visit between the two countries since relations between Turkey and Israel, regional allies who cooperate particularly in the military and defense arena, became strained after the Israeli military launched a deadly offensive in Gaza last December, leaving more than 1,300 people dead. The tension has been further simmering since Turkey barred Israel from a NATO exercise a few weeks ago, a decision that angered Israel.

Ben-Eliezer will visit Turkey on Nov. 24 for a meeting of the Joint Economic Commission between Israel and Turkey, said Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Gabby Levy, speaking to reporters on Wednesday evening during a reception hosted by the Czech Embassy. Levy noted that Ben-Eliezer was also expected to attend a reception at the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv on Thursday to mark the 86th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan walked out of a World Economic Forum session in Davos, Switzerland, in late January after an angry exchange with Israeli President Shimon Peres over the Gaza operation. But tension later subsided and dialogue between the two countries was restored. However, in the last few weeks an exchange of remarks between Israeli and Turkish officials concerning Israel's exclusion from the Anatolian Eagle exercises was followed by Israeli protests over a Turkish television series about Palestinians, escalating tensions between the two countries.

Nonetheless, both Israeli and Turkish officials have started to deliver conciliatory messages in recent days. During an official visit to Israel's arch-foe Iran on Wednesday, Erdoan made clear that the incident in Davos was a spontaneous development which was not planned beforehand.

In Ankara, Foreign Ministry spokesman Burak Özügergin on Wednesday described Turkey's reactions to Israel as being in an entirely humanitarian dimension, reiterating Turkey's expectation for Israel to end the months-long humanitarian tragedy in Gaza.

We want the situation in Gaza to be straightened out. Wanting this should not be seen as hostility towards Israel. This is a humanitarian situation, Özügergin said, highlighting that the strength of Turkish-Israeli relations had been tested in the past and it would not break because of occasional fluctuations.

Turkey maintains good relations with Arab nations as well as with Israel. In recent years, it has sought to play a more active role in the Middle East, mediating several rounds of indirect peace talks between Syria and Israel.

On Wednesday, during an official visit to the Croatian capital of Zagreb, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his country was ready to resume suspended talks with Israel and called on European nations to help in the process.

Praising Turkey's efforts in the process, Assad stressed that the presence of a third side would be necessary if the talks resume. We call on European countries to also give their contribution, to help Turkey but also us to be able to resume from where we have stopped, he said.

In response to Assad's call, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said his country was ready to try to make progress towards making peace with Syria if Damascus and its allies took a responsible stand. Peace with Syria is a central feature of any stable regional settlement. Israel has tried in the past and will continue in the future to seek ways to advance peace with Syria, Barak said.

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"Turkey maintains good relations with Arab nations as well as with Israel. In recent years, it has sought to play a more active role in the Middle East, mediating several rounds of indirect peace talks between Syria and Israel.

On Wednesday, during an official visit to the Croatian capital of Zagreb, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his country was ready to resume suspended talks with Israel and called on European nations to help in the process.

Praising Turkey's efforts in the process, Assad stressed that the presence of a third side would be necessary if the talks resume. We call on European countries to also give their contribution, to help Turkey but also us to be able to resume from where we have stopped, he said."



europeans and americans must understand that turks know what is better for the middle east because turks live in the middle east longer then you people listen to us and everything will go smooth

Tell him to bring some dildos, Erdogan like them very much.

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

That's because Erdogan can't man it with his wife anymore and she's a lot younger than him. She craves a good big-stick.