YEREVAN. – Israel has a long memory, and Israelis would hardly be interested in Turkish resorts, Russian analyst Yevgeny Satanovsky said.

 “Israeli society’s attitude towards Turkey is clear,” Satanovsky told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He recalled the incident with Mavi Marmara, adding that they tried to kill Israeli soldiers, but were eliminated at the last moment.  He recalled that Turkey, being the target of various terrorist attacks and the venue for military operations, is also a crossroads on the way of transit of terrorists and a base for ISIS and terrorist groups.

The once-friendly relations between Turkey and Israel soured after the incident with the capture of the Israeli military ferry “Mavi Marmara” in 2010 that was heading from Turkey to the Gaza Strip. Ankara broke ties with Tel Aviv, lowered the level of diplomatic relations, and took a tough stance, putting forward a number of preconditions.

On June 28 this year, Israel and Turkey signed an agreement on normalization of relations. This was preceded by payment of compensation to the families of dead Turks.