• DOI:10.1080/23739770.2013.11446550
• Corpus ID: 148402328

Israel's Relations with Egypt and Turkey during the Arab Spring: Weathering the Storm

@article{Jacoby2013IsraelsRW,
  title={Israel's Relations with Egypt and Turkey during the Arab Spring: Weathering the Storm},
  author={Tami Amanda Jacoby},
  journal={Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs},
  year={2013},
  volume={7},
  pages={29 - 42}
}

• T. Jacoby
• Published 1 January 2013
• Political Science
• Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs

What implications do the uprisings in the Middle East in 2010–2011 hold for Israel’s foreign relations with the two most strategically prominent states in the region, Egypt and Turkey? The Arab Spring has witnessed the emergence of a popular will, which has unearthed deeply rooted grievances against Israel and prompted a series of diplomatic crises. While the Arab Spring has opened paths to more participatory politics, the implications for peace with Israel have been less positive. The longstanding gap between public policy toward Israel and public attitudes toward it has come to the fore. The basis for this gap is vested interest. Even though Middle Eastern leaders have tried to appease their populations regarding Israel, they are caught in structures they inherited from previous regimes and walk a tightrope between Western aid, regional perspectives, and popular will. This quandary appears in both Israeli–Egyptian and Israeli–Turkish foreign relations.