But those ties grew strained following Israel's offensive in Palestinian-ruled Gaza last year and the clash between Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli President Shimon Peres over the matter at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2009.
Međutim, ti odnosi su se pogoršali tokom prošlogodišnje izraelske ofanzive na Gazu kojom upravljaju Palestinci i posle sukoba turskog premijera Tajipa Erdogana i izraelskog predsednika Šimona Pereza oko tog pitanja na Svetskom ekonomskom forumu u Davosu u januaru 2009. godine.