The prospect of a thaw in Turkish-Israeli relations became likelier after a secret Wednesday meeting in Switzerland between Mossad chief Yossi Cohen; Joseph Ciechanover, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's special envoy to Turkey; and Feridun Sinirlioğlu, the Turkish Foreign Ministry's undersecretary.
The officials discussed a number of ways to normalize relations, which have been tense since the raid on the Marmara flotilla in 2010, in which nine Turks died.
The two sides reached the following agreements:

Israel will found a compensations fund for victims of the raid on the Marmara; all charges against Israel will be cancelled; the ambassadors will be returned to work; high-ranking Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri will be banned from entering Turkey; and discussions on a gas pipeline from Israel to Turkey will soon begin.