Syria\r\nfears Israeli-Turkish joint air maneuvers and intelligence<\/span>,\r\nby Leslie Susser, Jerusalem Report, 2 May 1996
\r\n[1] The\r\nlist below indicates that an overt military cooperation between Israel\r\nand\r\nTurkey was actually put into practice even before Yitzhak Rabin began\r\nhis second term as\r\na prime minister in July 1992:\r\n
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April\r\n1992:<\/span>\r\n[...] [Israel and Turkey’s] defense\r\nministries sign a document on principles for [defense] cooperation.\r\n
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November\r\n1993:<\/span>\r\n[...] [Israel and Turkey] sign a memorandum of understanding creating\r\njoint\r\ncommittees of senior officials to handle regional threats such as\r\nterrorism and\r\nfundamentalism. The countries agree to cooperate in gathering\r\nintelligence on Syria,\r\nIran, and Iraq and to meet regularly to share assessments pertaining to\r\nterrorism and military capabilities in these three countries. Turkish\r\nforeign\r\nminister Hikmet Cetin visits Israel, the first visit ever by a Turkish\r\nforeign\r\nminister.
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January\r\n1994:<\/span>\r\nIsraeli president Ezer Weizman visits Turkey, the first official visit\r\never by\r\nan Israeli head of state.
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May 1994:<\/span> A\r\nSecurity and\r\nSecrecy Agreement is signed, guaranteeing secrecy in the exchange and\r\nsharing of information between [...] [Israel\r\nand Turkey].\r\n
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October\r\n1994:<\/span>\r\nIsraeli director of security Asaf Haffetz visits Turkey. The April 1992\r\nprotocol on defense cooperation is embellished and solidified. Specific\r\nareas for\r\nmilitary cooperation are delineated.\r\n
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November\r\n1994:<\/span>\r\nTurkish prime minister Tansu Ciller visits Israel, the first official\r\nvisit by\r\na Turkish prime minister. The two nations’ police forces\r\nreach an agreement on cooperation over the exchange of
\r\ninformation. [3]
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September 1995:<\/span>\r\nLeaders of both countries sign a memorandum\r\nof understanding for the training ofpilots in each other’s airspace.\r\n
November\r\n1995:<\/span>\r\nIsraeli naval commander Adm. Ami Ayalon visits Turkey. [4]
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\r\nsource: Timeline\r\nof Turkish-Israeli Relations, 1949–2006<\/span>, by Brock Dahl and\r\nDanielle Slutzky, Washington\r\nInstitute for Near East Policy (WINEP), 2006 \r\n
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\r\n[3] [At the state dinner held by\r\nIsraeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in honour of\r\nTurkey’s Prime Minister Tansu Ciller at King David Hotel on\r\nNovember 3, 1994], Mrs Ciller told her\r\nhosts, “I can assure you that you will have\r\nyour promised land!” [...] The Israelis'\r\n“promised\r\nland” extends from the Nile to the Euphrates, and takes in\r\nTurkish\r\nterritory!
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\r\n(source: ‘Turkey likely\r\nto launch \"American style\" strikes against\r\nSyria and Lebanon's Bekaa’<\/span>, Mideast Mirror, 16 October\r\n1998. Note:\r\nhyperlink added)\r\n
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\r\n[4] Commander of the Israeli Navy Ami Ayalon\r\nreturned\r\nfrom Ankara on the eve of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s\r\nassassination.\r\n
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From the archives: <\/span>
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“Greater\r\nIsrael”: The Zionist Plan for the Middle East - The Infamous “Oded\r\nYinon Plan”\r\n
\r\n[“A Strategy for Israel in\r\nthe Nineteen Eighties” article by Oded Yinon, 1982]\r\n
\r\nby Israel Shahak, Global\r\nResearch, 6 September 2015\r\n
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A\r\nZionist in disguise: Prime\r\nMinister Erdogan’s phony anti-Israel rhetoric
\r\nby Cem Ertür, Indybay, 30 November 2012\r\n
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Preparing\r\nthe Chessboard for the “Clash of Civilizations”: Divide, Conquer and\r\nRule the\r\n“New Middle East”\r\n
\r\nby Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya,\r\nGlobal Research, 26 November 2011\r\n
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A\r\nClean Break: A\r\nNew Strategy for Securing the Realm\r\n
\r\n[report by Institute for Advanced\r\nStrategic and Political Studies, June 1996]
\r\nInformation Clearing House
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