Since Labor's reign of power they've been forced to drain down the armaments, ammunition and training time of the soldiers. Now they must quickly elevate the IDF's readiness for real war which is threatened by Syria and Iraq, denials notwithstanding. Syria is loading VX nerve gas on missile shells with the capability of hitting Israel. Those who doubts their intentions must be mad. So we see Turkey openly engaged in military cooperation with Israel and contracting with Israel for weapons' upgrades.
Turkey knows the psychology of the Arab mind.
Only greater military strength will deter their inevitable aggression. Turkey is signaling that only Israel is a reliable ally with the power to deter Arab aggression. When the American State Department finally learns to strengthen Israel, not undermine her deterrent capability, then they will have true power to protect their Arab allies oil fields and rich markets. As early as 1983 these people negotiated with PLO terrorists although such negotiations were criminal acts and a jailable offense as it was then illegal to even meet with the proscribed PLO terror organization. Yossi Beilin brags he was meeting with Arafat as early as January 1992 while it was illegal and negotiating away the country secretly for months at Oslo.