Međutim, Nildag Gizem Hatayoglu, istraživačica pri ankarskom Centru za bliskoistočne strateške studije, tvrdi da bi se problem između dviju zemalja mogao riješiti da na vlasti nisu islamizam u Turskoj, a nacionalizam u Izraelu.
However, Nildag Gizem Hayatoglu, a researcher at the Ankara-based Centre for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies, argues that the problem between the two countries could be resolved if Islamism in Turkey, and nationalism in Israel, were not in power.