It is arguably the case that there is never a dull moment in the Middle East, and this time it is all about the Biden Administration and its flurry of activity in the region. Donald Trump called Biden ‘’Sleepy Joe’’, but he could not be farther from the truth when it comes to the Middle East.
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Turkey was another Middle Eastern country, alongside Iran, which from day one of Israel’s existence was regarded as a likely and desirable friend, possibly an ally, of the Jewish state. The story of the relationships between Israel and Turkey can be considered a typical Middle Eastern story in as much as it is based on a long historic legacy whose implications are felt to this very day.
Read MoreThe Israeli search for non-Arab allies in the Middle East led to interesting connections with non-state actors like ethnic and religious minority communities. Israel also developed relations with states, in particular Iran and Turkey.
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Many so-called experts have already closed the chapter titled the Syrian civil war. For them, the war is over, Assad won, and now we can go back to deal with the least non-existent but most talked-about conflict in the Middle East, that is the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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It is arguably the case that momentous events are happening in the Middle East with regard to Israel’s position there. Put in sum, the political outcome of them is the transformation of Israel’s role from being the hated bogey man out of the system of Middle East regional relations to becoming a legitimate actor within this very system.
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