Relations between Israel and Turkey have been tense for more than a decade, although the two countries have maintained diplomatic and commercial relations for several crises, but we are now confronted with a different reality, in which Turkey – Les Grandes Regional forces of the region – has become the exhausted threshold of Israel of war.
At the beginning of December 2024, the fall of the Bashar Al -Assad regime in Syria has witnessed, which brought Turkey and Israel closer to a “hidden” conflict on what observers describe as “regional domination”.
Julian McBraid believes in an article in the Foreign Police (FPIF) that Israeli comes out against what has described as “the origins of the new Syrian government” could be in the interest of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as he Wait – and also – that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as expected – and also the transitional government will request the Al -Jadida transitional government, led by the Liberation Headquarters of Al -Sham, support Complete Turkish military, which means that Ankara has in fact replaced Hezbollah and Iranian revolution guards, as the last threat for the border with Israel.
Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have exchanged severe and difficult declarations over the years, and before that, the two countries have maintained a strong and friendly relationship, while Erdogan was an explicit criticism of Israel and defenders Palestinians.
One of the worst relations in 2010 when a fleet directed by Turkish – aimed at breaking the Israeli blocking of the Gaza Strip – ended with a confrontation with Israeli forces and the murder of 10 Turkish citizens, and Erdogan accused Israel of having committed a crimes war.
Relatives improved in 2017, but relative friendly relationships did not last long.
The brutal Israeli attack of Gaza led Erdogan to declare that it has cut all relations with the Jewish state, after the two parties announced the taxation of mutual barriers on each other in April of last year.
Türkiye also joined the petition recently, in South Africa against Israel, before the International Court of Justice, which accuses him of committing a genocide against the civilians of Fustin. During the war, Türkiye provided tons of humanitarian aid in Gaza.
Tourism, which was a major aspect of bilateral relations between Turkey and Israel, has also disappeared, and there are currently no direct flights between the two countries, which was the road which was previously one of the roads more who left Israel.
When the Palestinian Political Manager Ismail Haniyeh was murdered in the neighboring Tehran, the Turkish flags were blocked and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to the assassination by announcing a national mourning day, in collaboration with the decision to block the Instagram request after deleting his publications that cries Haniyeh.
The recent developments in Syria, which left the country in an open confrontation, prompted Türkiye and Israel to send their forces to Syrian territory, but in different regions.
Before the collapse of Assad’s family regime in Damascus, Turkish researcher Murad Yesiltaash wrote in the daily newspaper Al -Sabah on October 11, saying: “The military, security and intelligence community in Turkey must reconsider how Faced with the new wave of insecurity in the East, the Middle, and the climbing of military tensions between Israel and Iran, and aggressive Israeli policies in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, and strategic ambiguity of the United States, make it necessary to reconsider the doctrine of security and turkey defense.
The Turkish strategic community must understand that the defense-based security doctrine will not be sufficient to face the new wave of insecurity in the Middle East, and it should develop a policy that would improve the strategic deterrence of Turkey and its ability to resist.
This recommendation was interpreted – at the time – that it implicitly indicates the Israeli threat which began to be brutal and mutilated against the pleasant region with Türkiye and its hot borders in its south.
After the collapse of Assad, who seemed to be – in detail – a Turkish decision, Professor Efrat Aviv, the Israeli Turkish Business Expert in the Department of General History of Bar Ilan and the Begin -Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, said media line: “There are possibilities for a future military confrontation between Israel and Turkey. This is unprecedented, as is the case with all the events in the region recently.
The Israelis believe that the military confrontation between Turkey and Israel – if that happens – will be unprecedented, whether intentional or involuntary, like Israel, which is still in the middle of a war and suffers from the shock of the horrible Attack that Hamas of Hamas launched on the border has become less tolerant with the possibility of similar surprises on other limits.
Aviv said: “Israel cannot allow another Iran to be on its northern border, even if it leads to confrontation with Turkey, and if Turkey allows itself to invade Syria, it cannot ask It is up to Israel to remove its forces from there and that Israel must protect it to protect its interests.
And during the first week of last January, the last report of the “Malgel” committee – trained by the Israeli government – warned against the defense and security strategy, which he described as ambitions of Turkey to restore its influence, which was widespread during the Ottoman era, and which it can lead to the climbing of tensions with Israel and it can degenerate from an armed conflict, and the report highlights the danger of The alliance of Syrian factions with Turkey, which represents a new strong threat to Israel of Israel Security.
The Nagil committee has recommended Israel to prepare largely for the scenarios of potential military confrontations in the Northern region (Syria), where Türkiye has invested money and important forces.
The day the “Najhal” report was published, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan suggested that he does not exclude the use of force, against any regional intervention, betting on the sectarian and ethnic diversity of the division of Syria and in a way that threatens Turkish national security and said: Ankara is ready to intervene to prevent any division of Syria and you also take the “necessary measures” if you notice “the slightest danger”.
There is no doubt that the two regional powers; Israel and Turkey have greatly benefited from the disintegration of the axis led by Iran, in particular in Syria, however, each of the two countries will need a mechanism to reduce climbing and dialogue to avoid conflicts to The future, and despite their differences, the international, international mediation, in particular by the United States, can prevent the maintenance of the two governments; Israeli and Turkish in a “critical situation” in the Middle East affected and tiring.
There is a common denominator between theorists of American foreign policy, because despite the growing conflict between Israel and Turkey, it is possible to take several measures to prevent the collision of the two regional powers.
The Trump administration, known for its firm position in the Middle East, recently announced its intention to restore its policies to the region and to document its relationship with Erdogan as an important regional mediator and cannot jump on its presence or the ‘Ignoring, a position will put at the top of his duties in the region, will reduce tensions between the two main regional partners, and the Americans expect Trump to welcome the foreign ministers of Turkey and Israel in Washington for Try to revive and relaunch the standardization of relations between the two countries again.
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