Why the apology?

Ottomans and Zionists explains why Israel apologized to Turkey.

Because it is – in my view – Turkey that changed its mind on
reconciling, I focused on the Turkish side of things in the FA piece, so
I thought I’d now write a little bit about the Israeli side. From
Israel’s perspective, making up with Turkey has made sense for awhile
now, and the reasons to do so only grew stronger with