Turkey and Israel risk sliding towards confrontation
Financial Times 07/03/25
(See:
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Turkeys role in the end times for almost 8 years now.
Friday, August 25, 2017
(Lots of other post since that time.)
if you really need to.)
"The fallout from the Iran war
could end up
igniting the region’s
next great rivalry"
(You can count on it
the book says so.
I have just beat it
like it was a rented mule
and Im just gonna keep on,
till people get it
through their thick skulls.
This aint no joke.
this is here,
it is right now
and you can count on it happening.
And Israel is out of interceptors
etc remember
The writer is director of The Turkey Project at the Brookings Institution.
(need link on brookings site)
"The 12-day war between Israel and Iran
has redrawn the power balance in the Middle East.
(Told ya early on, you weaken Iran?
You make Turkey stronger.
(Israel has been weakened as well.)
It kinda had to happen to set the stage so to speak.
Well?
Here we are.)
"An emboldened Israel seeking to remake the region; a weakened Iranian regime seeking to survive; and a hesitant United States, reluctant to be drawn into another prolonged conflict.
The most dangerous consequence
may not lie in further fighting with Iran —
but in the emergence
of a more fierce competition
between Turkey and Israel."
"Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan recently captured the new mood in Ankara, telling a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation:
“There is no Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Yemeni or Iranian problem — but there is clearly an Israeli problem.”
That sentiment reflects a shift in Turkish thinking on Israel’s place in the region; once an ally, then a rival, it is now increasingly seen as an outright adversary. Ankara is uncomfortable with Israel’s assertiveness and emboldened new identity as the region’s hegemon — a role that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had long coveted. Devlet Bahçeli, a key Erdoğan ally, recently accused Israel of trying to “encircle Anatolia” and destabilise Turkey. Once confined to tabloid headlines, such thinking is no longer fringe within the Turkish bureaucracy and mainstream media.'
"A mirror image of this obsession exists in Israel, where parts of the security establishment increasingly view Turkey’s regional influence as a long-term threat “more dangerous than Iran”. Erdoğan’s public support for Hamas
has provoked sharp reactions from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, triggering vitriolic exchanges and fuelling Israeli outreach to Syrian Kurds, whom Ankara has long viewed as a threat.
In an already unstable region,
a duel between two of the region’s strongest militaries
— both US allies —
could further erode the fragile balance of power."
"The conflict is both ideological and geopolitical. Erdoğan’s government has fused Sunni Islamist populism with Turkish nationalism, epitomised by his “Century of Turkey” platform promising to usher in an era of Turkish power abroad.
Russian Expert Dolgov: If Nagorno-Karabakh Returns To Azerbaijan,
Turkey Will Move Forward With Its Plan To Unite All Turkic Peoples Across The Region
October 29, 2020
Neo- Ottoman empire much?
From
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
"It did return to Azerbaijan last year
(somebody called it as the return of the Beast
from the abyss the day after it happened BTW)
"In Israel, a far-right coalition holds an equally deterministic view of Israel’s destiny, pursuing military dominance across Lebanon, Gaza, and Syria.
These competing world views
leave little room for compromise.
See Revelation 17:8-11 again.
"Syria is the most immediate arena for confrontation. Since the Assad regime’s collapse in late 2024, both countries have sought to shape the postwar order. Turkey has expanded its influence in Syria, backing its allies who now hold power and pushing for a stable, centralised government aligned with Ankara. Turkey already controls swaths of northern Syria and is keen to expand its economic and military footprint across the country. Israel, meanwhile, has stepped up air strikes and expressed support for Kurdish and Druze autonomy, viewing Syria’s new rulers with suspicion due to their jihadist roots.
(Now they want a peace treaty with em
Israel and Syria will sign a peace agreement
06/27/25
"Tensions peaked in April when Israel bombed a site earmarked for a Turkish base.
(See:
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Israel and Turkey might as well be at war. (In Four parts.)
"A military hotline now exists, but broader diplomatic engagement is frozen. Meanwhile Turkey has drawn its own conclusions from the Iran war. Israel’s decapitation of Iranian military leadership is a stark reminder of its superior air power and intelligence capabilities. Ankara is now moving to address its own vulnerabilities."
"US President Donald Trump must use his good relationship with both Netanyahu and Erdoğan to manage this confrontation. Ending the Gaza war could help alleviate Turkish grievances, but the longer-term rivalry between the two countries is unlikely to fade."
"For decades, US policymakers treated Turkey and Israel as indispensable — if difficult — allies and pillars of regional stability. Now those two pillars are pressing directly against one another. With Iran weakened,
Washington and its allies must recognise
that the Middle East’s next test
may come from rivalry
between two of their closest partners.
Yup.
You should count on it.
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