(Wall Street Journal) Marc Champion and Joshua Mitnick - As Ankara realigns its position in the Middle East, this has severely damaged the Israel-Turkey alliance. Ever since the alliance was formed in the mid-1990s, it has given Turkey access to technologically advanced military equipment and Israeli intelligence capabilities. At the time, Turkey was fighting a brutal counterinsurgency war with Kurdish militants who had bases in Iraq and Syria. Analysts believe the relationship will survive, though in reduced form, if only because for Turkey to become hostile toward Israel would severely complicate its relationship with the U.S., and end support it has received from the Jewish lobby in the U.S. Congress.
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