NEW YORK — Prime Minister Yair Lapid met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly’s annual high-level meeting Tuesday, lauding the restoration of ties between Jerusalem and Ankara.
The meeting was the first between an Israeli premier and the Turkish leader since 2008, marking the apex of a year-long process that has seen the countries inch back toward full diplomatic relations after over a decade of frayed and frozen…