The end of the crisis between Israel and Turkey breaks the isolation Israeli

Obama's visit to Israel has achieved a diplomatic success functional strategy of U.S. foreign policy. Although not directly mentioned, the action of the U.S. president on his trip to Israel was undoubtedly conditioning the reconnection of relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv. It is, in fact, a case that an official apology to Netanyahu, the prime minister arrived by phone turkish Erdogan, have arrived after the official visit of Obama. Relations between the two countries were broken in a somewhat stormy, for armed intervention by Israeli soldiers against a civilian ship that tried to force the Turkish blockade of Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid. After the incident, which took place in 2010, both the ambassadors were withdrawn from their respective capitals, opening a diplomatic crisis, which held strong apprehension in Washington for the obvious impact on its system of alliances. If on the one hand, there was Israel, which remains a staple in American foreign policy, on the other there was Turkey, a NATO member and a key country for the strategy in the Middle East. In recent years the diplomacy of Washington has always worked so the situation was not balanced, living with big discomfort progressive deterioration of relations, who lived through very strong, with potential aggravation, which fortunately were never achieved. For Turkey, as well as direct affront suffered, it was also important to highlight its leadership power moderate Islamic looked at as an example in the Arab world, preparing the uprisings defined as the Arab Spring. Do not respond to what had been a true and just abuse by Israel, would have scratched substantially the leadership position. But only from the point of view purely formal reasons were flawless Turkish, and this item has limited the scope of American action to reduce the fracture as the other side of the Netanyahu government has always been very willing to a settlement within a reasonable time, of those who, until then, had been excellent bilateral relations. But the situation in the region has changed profoundly: the fall of Mubarak, the vote that UN has recognized the Palestine observer status, the war and the Syrian issue with Iran have pushed Israel into a situation of isolation, which has resulted in a condition of necessity. At the same time the United States have highlighted the requirement to speed up the resolution of a crisis that is taking too long and complicated U.S. plans for the control of a possible deterioration of one of the many aspects that affect the Middle East and that could force Israel do not share a few steps from the White House. Having the willingness of Turkey to use NATO bases and its airspace for operations in Israel reopens enormous opportunities for American military plans, both in the case of encroachment of the Syrian war, and in the case of military option against Tehran. Washington to have this opportunity means having a key to continue to convince Israel not to take unilateral measures against Iran and at the same time provide protection to the Israeli state through U.S. bases in Turkey. Ankara, however, can record the diplomatic victory came from an official apology from Israel, from damages resulting from power and access to the production of new Israeli military, which is considered key to the continuing modernization turkish army. The most important factor is that Israel for the first time in a long time breaks its international isolation and sees reopened a diplomatic channel with the fundamental Islamic country's fastest growing, both in terms of economically, politically, thanks to the influence exercised the Arab world. It will, however, interesting to see the effects and reactions of the end of this crisis, in those countries where the Palestinian issue is very sensitive and have not been able to accept the presence of a Zionist state in the Middle East.