Justice and Development Party [JDP] governments’ policies towards Israel were informed by the priorities thatthe party’s power strategies entailed. In a stark contrast to the friendly policies in its first term in power, the JDPbegan to employ different discursive strategies based on an anti-Israeli rhetoric since 2009. Geared to bolster theparty’s prestige at home and abroad, the new rhetoric seemed to have addressed to the changing priorities of theparty leadership. However, the new strategies led to the emergence of a widening gap between the anti-Israelirhetoric and subtle efforts that the JDP paid to maintain its relations with Israel. Revisiting the last 15 years, thearticle tries to answer the question as to how Turkey’s relations with Israel were adjusted to meet necessities ofmiscellaneous power strategies that the JDP leadership pursued.