Turkey bans “Israel” from joint drill...“Israel” worried about “Israeli”-Turkish tension

"Israel's" foreign ministry held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss mounting tension between "Israel" and Turkey, after Ankara canceled the Anatolian Eagle maneuvers.

"Israeli" Foreign Ministry sources confirmed that the meeting had taken place following instructions by ministry director general Yossi Gal, but they declined to give details.

"Israeli" officials are debating the depth of the crisis. Some officials say the Turkish government under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not interested in strategic ties with "Israel".

"It may be that the reality has changed and the strategic ties that we thought existed have simply ended," said a senior "Israeli" official. "Maybe we need to be the ones who initiate renewed thinking regarding our ties and must adopt response measures."

Erdogan has blamed "Israel" for committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. Erdogan had confronted President Shimon Peres at Davos in January and has insisted that "Israel" must be tried for war crimes. The Turkish leader has also called for sanctions against Iran to be lifted, and has called on the international community to focus on "Israel's" nuclear capabilities instead.