Netanyahu says Turkey’s Erdogan agrees to reset ties

By TIA GOLDENBERG
Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel and Turkey have agreed to a fresh start in ties. Relations between the former allies became icy under Netanyahu, who is expected to return to power in the coming weeks, after he forms a coalition government. Relations were already on the mend between the two countries since Netanyahu was ousted from office last year. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s relations with Israel under Netanyahu were particularly frosty. Netanyahu’s office says that in a phone call between the two leaders on Thursday, the they vowed to cooperate and start afresh.