Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said he is treading cautiously about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's renewed interest in strengthening ties with Israel, JPost writes.

"Things are happening very slowly and gradually,” he said in a press briefing.

Erdogan spoke Sunday with President Isaac Herzog, whose office made the first public announcement that Herzog was planning a trip to Ankara.

Bennett said the trip was in complete agreement with him and praised Herzog's role in Israel's international relations.

Bennett and the government are being very cautious with Turkey, a senior diplomatic source said, adding that they don't need to force ourselves to be purist in a way that prevents them from building alliances.

“In today’s Middle East, we have to be playing on the entire court, because there is no regional police officer,” the source said, referring to American attention being focused elsewhere. “There’s a great expectation from Israel to enter this vacuum.”