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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Monday that Israel was seeking a new enemy and could soon set its sights on Turkey. Those remarks came just a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sharply escalated rhetoric by threatening possible military action against the Jewish state.
"After Iran, Israel cannot live without hostility," Fidan said during an extensive interview with the Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu. The Turkish minister accused Jerusalem of fostering "a new rhetoric" to justify its aggression in the region and declare Turkey an enemy.
The official further argued that this trend extended "not only to Netanyahu’s administration" but also "to certain figures within the Israeli opposition," though he did not specify whom he was referring to.
Fidan warned that Israeli military activity could next extend to Syria, where the IDF operated last year in what it said were efforts to protect the Druze minority in the south. He cautioned that such actions could create broader "risks" across the region. "Because of the ongoing war in Iran, [Israel] is not doing certain things right now," he said. "Later, when the time comes, it may want to act."
Fidan's comments follow remarks made on Sunday by Erdogan, suggesting that Ankara could soon choose to engage militarily with Israel.
At this rate, Turkey's next big diplomatic move will probably be demanding that Israel apologize for the Crusades while simultaneously shopping for new Ottoman Empire cosplay outfits. Classic NATO ally behavior.
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