Turkey-Israel ties can be worsened further

More than 300 civilians, including women and children, have been killed; around 1,000 houses, schools and medical facilities have been destroyed as a result of Israeli operations on Gaza in the last 11 days.

The course of violence committed by the Israeli army has geared up with the launch of a ground operation late July 17, despite strong messages of condemnation by the international community.

It’s not the first time Israel is using its military power to turn the lives of innocent Palestinian into a nightmare. Instead of exerting efforts to resolve the problem politically, Israel has always preferred imposing military measures, but it did not realize that it is only brewing more problems. Furthermore, its insistence in building new settlements in Palestinian territories and its strategy of postponing the two-state solution, due to changing regional balances, made the situation more complicated.

Israel, however, might feel secure in the Middle East due to the current state of affairs: Syria and Iraq are already in turmoil and a sectarian civil war in the region will preoccupy those countries and the international community. Egypt has now received backing from the U.S. administration and President el-Sisi will focus on attempting to become the status quo in the region. All conditions are seemingly suitable for Israel to continue bullying Palestine and killing civilians, while arguing their aim is to destroy tunnels used by Hamas.

One thing Israel is failing to see is although it still has the backing of the international political system, it is rapidly losing its credibility in the eyes of any conscience man in the world. Israel has been protested against in more than 40 countries over the last weekend and the wave of protests...