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Turkey may view Israel as its regional rival after strikes in Syria - analysis

This shift is not lost on Jerusalem. Increasingly voices in Israel and supporters abroad are depicting Turkey as an emerging threat, one similar to Iran.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan holds a press conference during NATO leaders' summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8. Relations between Israel and Turkey have repeatedly deteriorated and recovered, but their competing interests in post-Assad Syria have introduced a new source of strategic friction.
Illustrative image of former commander of the Israeli Navy, V.-Adm. (res.) Eliezer Marom.

Israel struck Syria to prevent Turkey from establishing in the country, fmr. IDF Navy chief says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomes US President Donald Trump at Ankara Airport, who is paying an official visit to Turkey ahead of the 36th NATO Heads of State and Government Summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 7, 2026.

Turkey's Erdogan urges Trump to continue US-Iran talks, offers support in diplomatic efforts

Members of Turkey’s Presidential Guard Regiment.

Turning Turkey’s double bind against it: How Israel is outsmarting Erdogan - opinion


Erdogan's rule crushes freedom, incites unnecessary escalation - opinion

It could have been different. Turkey could have been a great engine of world peace, a natural mediator between Arabs and Jews, but for now, it must endure yet more of the man who crushed its freedom.

 Recep Tayyip Erdogan (seated) attends a meeting of the heads of state of the North Atlantic Council, Indo-Pacifc Partners, and the European Union at the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, DC, last month.

There he goes again: Erdogan threatens Israel to suit domestic agenda - analysis

“Just as Hitler, who committed genocide, met his end - so Netanyahu, who committed genocide, will meet his end,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

 Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press briefing during NATO’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington, US, July 11, 2024.

Erdogan threatens Israel: 'Like we entered Karabakh and Libya - we will do the same to Israel'

Erdogan’s threats come amid a dramatic flare up in the nine-month cross-border war between the IDF and Hezbollah.

 Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan attends a press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (not pictured) in Madrid, Spain, June 13, 2024.

Grapevine, July 17, 2024: In the shadow of October 7

A look to Israel's journalists, businessmen, writers and politicians.

Bastille Day event at the Residence, Israel.

Erdogan says Biden, US complicit in alleged Israeli war crimes

In an interview with Newsweek during the NATO summit in Washington, Erdogan said Israel's "brutal murder" of civilians, and its strikes on hospitals, aid centers and elsewhere constituted war crimes.

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem, in Istanbul, Turkey May 18, 2018.

El Al plane flies to Rhodes after emergency landing in Turkey sees local workers refuse to refuel

The plane landed in Turkey following an emergency situation on-board, though the plane encountered issues with re-fuelling with Turkish authorities.

 An El Al plane in Ben-Gurion Airport.

Israeli construction to suffer under Turkey's economic sanctions

Turkey's Trade Ministry to restrict exports of a wide range of products to Israel, especially those used for construction, until a ceasefire is declared in Gaza.

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks to announce Murat Kurum as his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) candidate in Istanbul's mayoral election in March, in Istanbul, Turkey January 7, 2024.

Turkey imposes export restrictions on Israel over Gaza as tensions rise

"This decision will remain in place until Israel, under its obligations emanating from international law, urgently declares a ceasefire in Gaza and allows the unhindered flow of... aid," Turkey said.

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan leaves a news conference during a NATO leaders summit in Vilnius, last year.

Aluminum diplomacy: Israel turning from Turkey to Bosnia for trade imports?

Israeli CEO of Bosnian company Aluminij reveals increased exports to Israel amid Israel-Hamas war.

 Aluminij Headquarters

An unholy pact: The Hamas-affiliated Turkish organization collaborating with Ra’am

Ra’am had promoted fund-raising for the Khayr Ommah Foundation at least three times in the past, and its leaders have close ties with figures at Khayr Ommah.

 MK Mansour Abbas during a discussion on the Electricity Law connecting to Arab and Bedouin towns, during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 5, 2022.