(New York Times) Isabel Kershner - Turkish President Erdogan has repeatedly expressed a desire for Turkey to have a part in Israel's lucrative natural gas discoveries in the Mediterranean. "Turkey is extremely interested in getting a share of the eastern Mediterranean gas bonanza," said Dore Gold, an Israeli diplomat who is president of the Israeli think tank Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and who helped negotiate the 2016 reconciliation agreement with Turkey. "Israel has signed agreements for the development of the fields with Cyprus and other eastern Mediterranean states, but it has not done so with Turkey." Nevertheless, Gold said, "normalization of relations with Islamic countries has been a constant interest for all Israeli governments."
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