The larger issue is:

Is Turkey a role model for A Muslim ruled country, which has a democratic election and open media? Can Arab countries see the positive side of the way that Turkey has evolved?

For me Turkey is on the right side of history-- while many Mid East countries are looking at the Middle Ages rulers  as role models…

Turkey’s stance on Gaza has been better than the Arabs. But as you said, Israel and Turkey, both have to gain by maintaining their strong relations. Turkey will not likely risk its military partnership with Israel. Perhaps there needs to be a Chinese intervention. It has influence in the world and it wants to be a leader among nations. But seriously, I think Turkey’s stance has been strong. But until Arab nations can put aside their differences and come to a unified stance, negotiations between Israel and the Arab world will likely fail and the prospect for peace will be yet further away.

Israel has very complicated relations with Turkey. It has excellent relation with its Army supplying Turkey with drones. But it needs to figure out how not to lose the Erdogen support, as it can play a crucial role in its negotiations with Syria. Mid East politics are very fluid game of interests. Maybe Israel can learn from the mistakes of Gaza. But basically its whole attitude to the Muslim world has to change and be reconfigured. Israel while based in the Mid East looks and acts too much like an American extension. It needs,especially now, with Obama, to talk and use a different language. But as most Rabbis in Israel are fundamentalists in their outlook,there is scant hope for a dialog that would be constructive.

If Israel can not get along with its ally, Islamic Turkey, how will it ever achieve peace with its enemy, Islamic Iran? This was Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s response to Israeli PM Shimon Peres’ emphatic statement that Israel seeks peace and does not like to use force.