Israeli Newspaper: Turkiye Poses Next Danger After Iran

Future Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion spent his formative years in the Ottoman Empire and even raised a Jewish militia for the Turks during the First World War before he was exiled to Egypt. Two future leaders of their countries

Turkiye was the first Muslim-majority country to formally recognise Israel in 1948. Before ICC-indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu seized power in Israel, a covert Gordian Knot of intelligence cooperation tied Washington, Ankara, and Tel Aviv firmly together for 50 years. Israel's brutal ethnic cleansing of Palestinians changed all that, angering Ankara, as well as the international community, so now Turkish-Israeli relations are at a nadir.

According to the Global Firepower Index (GFI), nuclear-armed Israel is ranked 15th in the world while Turkiye is ranked 9th. Under Article V of the NATO treaty, Ankara can expect help from NATO in any future conflict with Israel, as well as from South Korea, who can provide them with powerful non-nuclear munitions designed to destroy North Korea's defenses. Ankara and Seoul have been loyal friends and allies since the Korean War when Turkiye came to their assistance under the UN flag. To this day, whenever there are sports matches (e.g. football, Tae Kwon Do) between competitors from their countries, there are no fights or rowdiness between fans. Parish nation Israel has isolated itself from the world and has few allies in the world.

In furtherance of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued arrest warrants against 37 Israelis suspected of committing war crimes in Gaza. Besides Benjamin Netanyahu, warrants target Defense Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, and military chief Eyal Zamir, among others.

What we are witnessing is an example of mens rea or "guilty intention."

"The wicked mind goeth where no man pursueth."

Only a guilty mind is worried about getting caught or challenged by a future adversary.

The innocent mind does not operate that way.

The Israelis know they are committing heinous crimes and blasphemies and are concerned that the next
"beat cop" may pinch them.

We will never see detente between Tel Aviv and Tehran because the ethnic cleansing Likudniks need an eternal bete noir like Iran and soon to be Ankara.

But as the NYC primaries just showed, and other races across the US, irrational Islamophobia has run its course in America, no matter how hard John Fetterman, Randy the "Hebrew Ham Sandwich" Fine, Alan Dershowitz, mega-oligarch Michael Bloomberg, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Sebastian Gorka, George Santos, Chuck Schumer, or Laura Loomer stamp their hooves.

See Muslim NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) for more info.

The ROKs will stand by Turkiye in a heartbeat and South Korea has super powerful munitions designed as their counter to the NORK's nukes. Seoul has demonstrated a military can be effective without having nukes (similar to what Iran just demonstrated. And US nukes didn't help us in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, or Iran.)

While Ankara ha been amassing friends and allies over the decades, Israel has been isolating itself more and more.

"irrational Islamophobia has run its course in America"
If only.
New Yorkers are not a microcosm, unfortunately.
They're far too educated and wealthy and multi-cultural.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-24 04:44 PM | Reply: "Educated, wealthy, and multi-cultural?"

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