{"id":30921,"date":"2021-01-25T21:47:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T19:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onisilos.gr\/?p=30921"},"modified":"2021-01-30T07:14:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T05:14:11","slug":"israel-dont-trust-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onisilos.gr\/?p=30921","title":{"rendered":"Israel, Don\u2019t Trust Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

By <\/b>Dmitri Shufutinsky*<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

January 25, 202<\/span><\/p>\n

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,903, January 25, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Rumors are circulating that an Israeli-Turkish rapprochement might occur soon. Jerusalem and other regional capitals should not fall yet again for Ankara\u2019s deceptions.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Turkey has found itself greatly isolated from the West and the Middle East. In response to that isolation, the country\u2019s Islamist strongman, Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, has decided to hold talks with Saudi Arabia and return the Turkish ambassador to Tel Aviv. Ankara is engaging in secret talks<\/a>\u00a0with Jerusalem to restart the relationship, including discussion of a possible pipeline between the two countries to be used to ship Mediterranean natural gas to Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n

While some of the military-political old guard in Ankara and Jerusalem might find a rapprochement desirable, it would be a grave mistake to bail Turkey out of its predicament and fall\u2014again\u2014into its trap.<\/span><\/p>\n

For months, as Israel\u2019s relations have deepened with Cyprus, Greece, Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and even Armenia, media reports have claimed that the Jewish State was considering resuming normal ties with Turkey. While nothing much came of these alleged talks, the reports almost certainly increased suspicion in the capitals of Israel\u2019s new allies. Indeed, after Turkey and Israel both backed Azerbaijan in its victory over Armenia, the Armenian ambassador to Tel Aviv was recalled. While Israel and Turkey support Azerbaijan for different reasons, it is not inconceivable that many in Greece, Cyprus, the Gulf, and Egypt questioned the trustworthiness of their ally in Jerusalem in the wake of the conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n

Turkey\u2019s true goal should not be forgotten: to isolate Israel in the region while continuing to delegitimize it abroad. Wherever one finds anti-Israel campaigns, Qatari money and Turkish government influence are likely behind them. Turkey is problematic in many other ways. It has hacked Israeli news sites, chased away an Israeli research vessel conducting natural gas exploration, undermined Israel\u2019s regional partners, and threatened to conquer Tel Aviv and \u201cliberate\u201c\u00a0Jerusalem<\/a>, a city Erdo\u011fan claim<\/a>s\u00a0is Turkish. Turkey\u2019s maritime border demarcation with the UN-backed government of Libya aims to scupper Israel\u2019s natural gas pipeline through Cyprus to Europe, a pipeline that is critical to Israel\u2019s future economic and political interests. What\u2019s more, Ankara\u2019s new ambassador<\/a>\u00a0to Israel is vehemently anti-Zionist.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ankara\u2019s hosting<\/a>\u00a0of Hamas leaders, which entails granting them citizenship and allowing them to plan terror and cyberattacks against the Jewish state from Turkish territory, is further evidence, if any more is needed, that Turkey \u00a0is no friend to Israel. It is an increasingly dangerous regional rival that flouts international law, violates human rights, destabilizes countries, commits war crimes, and supports international terrorism. Israel\u2019s military and political leaders should neither underestimate Turkey nor confuse nostalgia with wise policymaking. If Israel wants to continue normalizing relations with countries throughout the region and bring an end to Middle Eastern instability, it should reject Turkey\u2019s manipulative attempts to restore ties.<\/span><\/p>\n

*Dmitri Shufutinsky is a graduate of Arcadia University\u2019s Masters program in International Peace & Conflict Resolution. He currently lives as a Lone Soldier in Kibbutz Erez, Israel, serving in the Givati Brigade under the Garin Tzabar program.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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By Dmitri Shufutinsky* January 25, 202 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,903, January 25, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Rumors are circulating that an Israeli-Turkish rapprochement might occur soon. Jerusalem and other … <\/p>\n

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