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The call came just a day after Trump publicly defended Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Ankara.

Ankara has openly hosted Hamas leaders, praised the Oct. 7 massacre, allowed flotillas to depart for Gaza from Turkish territory and made hostility toward Israel a centerpiece of its foreign policy.

Trump indicated during the NATO summit that he might be willing to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.

'It's never too late to do the right thing,' Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar wrote.

If approved, the move would end Israel's longstanding policy of withholding formal recognition, a position largely shaped by diplomatic and strategic considerations involving Turkey.

Erdogan compared the international response to Israel's actions to the world's failure to confront Nazi Germany before World War II.

Some analysts describe an emerging 'Sunni axis,' or noose, influenced by Muslim Brotherhood ideology, backed by Turkish military power, financed by Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and designed, by expanding into Gaza, to encircle and finish off Israel.

Turkey’s complaints about the Hellenic-Israeli pact are hypocritical given its own expansionist maneuvering.

Amichai Chikli juxtaposed an independent Kurdistan with a Turkish-ISIS alliance.

Both officials condemned Israel for its 'violence' and spoke of ways to obtain a ceasefire.

The Erdogan government openly supports Hamas in conflicts with Israel, providing funding and hosting Hamas officials.

As President Erdogan characterizes Israel as 'war criminals' and praises Hamas as 'freedom fighters,' the recently rekindled relations between the two nations are rapidly deteriorating.

Turkey will also host Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas, who will fly to Ankara on July 25.

Israel and Turkey will restore full diplomatic relations and dispatch ambassadors for the first time in years.

'Dozens of people identified with Hamas in various circles have been deported.'

Turkey’s relationship with Hamas is unbecoming a NATO ally.

Runaway inflation and complicated relations with Russia may have forced a Turkish thaw.

President Erdogan insists that Hamas activity in Turkey is strictly political but Israel's security establishment is warning otherwise.

Professor Itzhak Shapira, a cardiologist, is deputy director-general of Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center.

Turkish President Erdogan said that Israel's President Herzog may visit Turkey soon. Does this mean that relations between the two countries will improve?

With Arab countries now making financial and other agreements with Israel, Turkey finds itself isolated in the region and losing export markets.

How should Israel regard Erdogan's overtures for reconciliation? 

Israel is calling on Turkey to stop harboring Hamas, but it will take more intense pressure on Erdogan for that to happen.

Mordi and Natali Oknin are back home in Modiin.

'At the end of the day, Israel does have the upper hand. It’s created for itself alternatives to its relationship with Turkey,' said a foreign policy expert.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett emphasized that the arrested man and woman are 'innocent civilians who have been mistakenly caught up in a complex situation.'

Nadav Segal from the Arab Desk of the Zionist watchdog Im Tirtzu said that the meeting indicated Erdoğan's goal is to increase his involvement in Jerusalem.

Hamas used to get Iranian weapons funneled through Sudan, whose former dictator loved Al Qaeda.

UK newspaper reports at last 12 senior Hamas terrorists are using Turkey as a base of operations.

Top Israeli officials slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday for a series of comments he made smearing the Jewish state.