As part of the announcement about the return of the ambassadors of Turkey and Israel and full diplomatic representation between the two countries, Prime Minister Lapid said that this is good news for the citizens of Israel from an economic point of view as well. This is probably the area that interests Turkish President Erdogan more than all the different dimensions of the relationship between Ankara and Jerusalem. But if this means that Israel decided to transfer the gas pipeline to Europe through Turkey or through maritime areas under its control, so this turn requires a serious examination.
Major General Yaakov Amidror, who was the head of the MLA, claims in a regional analysis he published as part of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, that complying with Turkey's desire for Israel to export its gas through it is a mistake.
"Israel has enough good reasons not to make a mistake like this, including the reluctance to trust the Erdogan regime and its followers, who are similar to the Muslim Brotherhood in their worldview," Amidror writes.
Turkey severely challenges Israel's two friends - Greece and Cyprus.
Israel should strengthen its relations with them and prevent Turkey from these threats.
Turkey is trying to create a buffer between Israel and Europe by means of the line that stretches between its shores and the shores of Libya.
The Cypriots see the Turkish gas exploration near their coast as a threat to their national security.
In all these struggles in the economic waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey is at the center.
It is understood that a full renewal of relations, following the mutual visits of Lapid and the Turkish Foreign Minister, and earlier President Herzog's visit to Ankara and Istanbul, should allow good coordination between the two regional powers.
Turkish security forces in Istanbul, photo: AFP
The significance of the tightening of relations was illustrated precisely by Iran's violent attempt a few months ago to perpetrate a chain of terrorist attacks against Israelis in Turkey.
On the one hand, secret security cooperation, and on the other, Iranian desire for conflict.
"Erdoğan appears to be wearing a mask of frozen gray gloom"
However, it turns out that in the region relationships are conducted in unrelated axes.
The Iranian aggression on Turkish soil did not prevent President Erdogan from running to Tehran a little over a month ago to meet the leaders of Iran together with Russian President Putin.
When President Herzog met with Erdogan more than five months ago, the journalists wondered about the contradiction between the magnificent welcoming ceremonies that were moving and impressive and the expression on Erdogan's face at the joint appearance of the two presidents.
Erdogan appears to be wearing a mask of frozen gray gloom, in contrast to his Israeli counterpart who radiated warmth and lightness of face.
Senior officials in the Israeli delegation then claimed that this is always the case with Erdogan - he had a hard life, he does not smile.
Israel can certainly ease his financial situation;
He can open markets and calm Hamas, for example.
It is doubtful whether Erdogan can help Israel's interests in the conflict with Lebanon over the maritime border.
What is more likely is that in the expected conflicts in the eastern Mediterranean basin, Israel may be dependent again and again on American mediation.
In any case, the fact that the political development takes place almost immediately after an Israeli attack in Gaza as part of Operation "Dawn" is an opening for optimism.
Erdogan nevertheless changed a little.
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