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 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently apologized to Turkey for a deadly 2010 maritime commando raid in a gesture brokered by President Obama designed to restore diplomatic relations between the two strategic U.S. allies. The bilateral relationship severely deteriorated after nine Turkish activists were killed during an Israeli attack on a Turkish flotilla bound for Gaza. Turkey accepted the apology. President Obama hailed the breakthrough. "I have long said that it is in both the interest of Israel and Turkey to restore normal relations between two countries that have historically had good ties." U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to continue efforts to improve relations between Ankara and Israel in a trip to both nations. James Jeffrey is a former U.S. ambassador to Turkey who is now a visiting fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "Given the situation in the region right now, given Turkey's problems with Iraq, with Syria and with Iran and given Israel's very, very difficult situation with Iran and generally in the Arab Spring, so therefore this is a very important strategic step." While in Istanbul, Kerry will also discuss the civil war in Syria.

近日，以色列总理本杰明•内塔尼亚胡为2010年以军海上突击队的袭击向土耳其道歉。此事由奥巴马总统从中斡旋，旨在修复以土这两个美国战略盟友的外交关系。以色列当时袭击了驶往加沙地带的土耳其船只，导致9名土耳其国际活动者丧生。此后两国关系急转直下。土耳其接受了以色列的道歉。奥巴马总统对以土两国关系取得突破性进展表示祝贺：“在历史上，以土两国一直保持着友好关系。我一直认为两国恢复友好邦交是符合双方的利益的。”

美国国务卿约翰•克里将造访以土两国，进一步提升以土关系。詹姆士•杰弗里是前任美国驻土耳其大使。他如今是华盛顿近东政策研究所的访问学者：“该地区目前的态势不是很好——土耳其与伊拉克、叙利亚及伊朗纷争不断，以色列与伊朗关系紧张，而且在阿拉伯之春运动中处境非常艰难——所以，此次道歉是改善该地区态势的重要战略步骤。”克里也将在伊斯坦布尔讨论叙利亚内战的问题。