Turkey’s position on Israel is not explained by Gaza problems but the fact that Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan “is aiming for a large-scale reconciliation with old enemies: the Armenians, the Syrians, the Greek Cypriots and the Kurds,” Simon Tisdell quotes Amir Oren in his article published in The Guardian daily.

Tisdell considers that “the apparent inability of Israeli leaders to see their actions as others see them – that is to say, to put themselves in other people's shoes – may partly explain the depth of the outrage with which they greeted the Goldstone report on last January's Gaza conflict.

What Netanyahu, former prime minister Ehud Olmert, opposition leader Tzipi Livni, defence minister Ehud Barak and rightwingers such as foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman viewed as a fully justified act of self-defence in the face of relentless Palestinian rocket attacks was seen by much of the world, despite Israel's ban on media access, as an appalling, disproportionate assault on a defenceless civilian population. Gaza did enormous damage to Israel's reputation and interests – but it is unclear, even now, whether this is fully understood in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

Radically differing perceptions, running exclusively in parallel lines, also exacerbate touchy issues such as Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons arsenal and the apparent contradiction of denying Iran its nuclear &‘rights’.

An unexpected move by Turkey last week to postpone military exercises suddenly channeled conflicting versions of reality into a direct, head-on crash.”

The author underlines that Turkey is Israel’s best strategic partner. The trade is estimated at U.S. 3bln a year. Turkey appeared to be “mediator in talks between Israel and its old foe Syria.”

Tisdell quotes Ofra Bengio, a Turkey expert at Tel Aviv University: “In Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu's ideological framework, Israel doesn't play a central role,” Bengio said.

We just have to add that double standards and a number of contradictions of Israeli government’s position is usual policy. The author of the article comments on nuclear weapons arsenal and accusation against Iran. However there is much more significant point that contradicts to humanity and tolerant attitude towards other nations. Israeli government’s position on the first Genocide of the 20th century arises nothing but sympathy to itself, as this position is established by the nation that suffered Holocaust. It can only prove the entire degradation of moral and spiritual values.