Israel proposes 'secret meeting' between Erdogan & Netanyahu, hoping for thaw

In Zaman, here

"A senior Israeli government official has proposed a secret meeting between the Turkish and Israeli prime ministers as part of a major drive to revive ailing relations between the two countries and get business back on track.... Trade and Labor Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told a group of reporters on Tuesday that a breakthrough is needed in what he called the sometimes cloudy relations between the two countries. “If we are able to arrange a meeting between both prime ministers alone, without any interference, let them sit and discuss it, you will see that white smoke will come out very quickly,” he said, signaling that an understanding would be rapidly reached.

Ben-Eliezer, a well-known figure in Ankara and a veteran politician in Israel, described both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as “young and very emotional” leaders. He said a summit between the presidents of both countries may proceed on the success of the prime ministers’ meeting. “A breakthrough is must. We want people on the leadership level to come and visit Israel because time is not in our favor, nor is it in the Palestinians’ or the Middle East’s [favor],”...

“Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu would not want be seen shaking hands with his ultra-right wing Israeli counterpart, Avigdor Lieberman, at this juncture out of concern that this may signal Ankara’s implicit approval of the Israeli government’s policy in Gaza and on the settlements issue,” the same source said, asking not to be named...."