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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=16547
The Regional Impact of Israeli-Turkish Normalization
(Israel Hayom) Eyal Zisser - Both Israel and Turkey benefit from the reconciliation deal. The compensation that Jerusalem is willing to pay Turkish victims of the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla incident is negligible when compared to the potential economic benefits Israel could reap from renewed relations with Turkey. While the deal will not set off a honeymoon period between the two countries, the diplomatic, security and economic benefits both countries will gain as a result of normalizing relations are worth so much more than the price of compromise. The writer, Vice Rector at Tel Aviv University, is former director of its Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies.