Nimrod Goren

Concern in Israel’s pro-democracy camp that democratic erosion processes in Turkey are similarly emerging in Israel under Netanyahu’s enduring rule.

Energy can play a positive game-changing role in efforts to advance peace, regional cooperation and inclusivity in the Mediterranean.

This global trend has not spared Europe and Israel: right-wing populism has made inroads, liberal democratic values have been questioned.

Climate change is already taking a toll in Turkey, with fires, droughts, flooding and pollution in the Marmara Sea.

Efforts should be made to leverage the Negev Summit into more than a periodical meeting of foreign ministers.

Efforts to advance peace will benefit from an update to the API, as well as to other key proposals related to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, written some 20 years ago.

Isreal and Turkey have both been involved in mediation efforts in the Russian-Ukrianian war.

With the appointment of Regional Cooperation Minister Meretz Esawi Frej, the ministry has an opportunity to positively influence Israeli-Palestinian relations and contribute to peacemaking efforts.

Compared to the Middle East, Israel has more official ties in the Mediterranean and can thus play a more significant role in shaping and leading regional processes.

The Madrid Conference was the multilateral event that launched the Israeli-Arab peace process of the 1990s.