Jerusalem Post: Turkey threatening Israel and Cyprus

Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis told Army Radio Wednesday that Turkey has initiated military exercises aimed at threatening both Israel and Cyprus.

She added that the move was an attempt to assert control over natural gas drilling in the Mediterranean, claiming that Turkey was displaying criminal behavior.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is set to travel to Cyprus Thursday for a one-day visit – the first time an Israeli prime minister has ever visited the island, just a 30-minute flight from Tel Aviv.

Netanyahu’s trip shows the degree to which relations with Cyprus, which until four years ago was considered among the most hostile countries to Israel in Europe, have dramatically improved.  MORE