By Lazar German - November 17, 2022
Presumptive incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone on Thursday, agreeing to work together to bring about “a new era” in Ankara-Jerusalem ties, which have been warming steadily over the past year.
“President Erdogan said that it was in the shared interest of Turkiye and Israel to maintain the relations by respecting sensitivities on the basis of mutual interests, and to strengthen them on a sustainable basis,” according to a Turkish readout of the call.
Erdogan’s office added that Netanyahu remarked that Turkey’s mediation efforts between Ukraine and Russia “were important to the world.”
Netanyahu expressed his condolences for the bombing on a popular Istanbul pedestrian street that left six dead and dozens wounded. He also offered Israel’s help in the fight against terror.
Erdogan thanked Netanyahu, and offered his own condolences over Tuesday’s deadly terror attack in Ariel.
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