Turkey, Israel to Reestablish Full Diplomatic Reports

So declared incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on August 17th.

“Relocation of reports with Turkey is an important asset to regional stability and a very important economic news for Israeli citizens”, he said through an official statement.

This decision comes after Lapid visited Ankara in June, where he held talks with Turkey's president, Recep Tayip Erdogan, was said in the statement.

Once close allies, Turkey and Israel deteriorated reports in 2010 after ten Turkish citizens were killed when Israeli navy attacked a ship sending aid to Gaza.

The two states have had an improvement in reports in 2016, but since 2018, when there was disagreement over the opening of the American Embassy in Jerusalem, the two states have not had ambassadors in each other's capitals.

Turkey does not recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and its embassy is located at Tel Aviv.

“We have also decided to appoint our ambassador to Israel, Tel Aviv”, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a proposal for journalists in Ankara on August 17th.

He said this decision is “a positive step”.

But, Cavusoglu said Turkey would continue to defend the Palestinian cause.

“As we have always said, we will continue to protect Palestinian rights”, he said.

Palestinians want their future state to be established in territories Israel took in the Middle East war in 1967. Talks on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have stalled since 2014.