[When Iran is dealt with]
Israeli politicians are already turning their attention to another regional rival: Turkiye.
Speaking at a conference last week, (Former Israeli Prime Minister) Naftali Bennett said that Israel must not “turn a blind eye” to Turkiye, accusing it of being part of a
regional axis “similar to the Iranian one”.
“A new Turkish threat is emerging,” Bennett said.
“We must act in different ways, but simultaneously against the threat from Tehran and against the hostility from Ankara.”
Other Israeli politicians have said similar things in the past few months, with Turkiye a strong critic of Israel’s actions towards the Palestinians and its genocidal war on Gaza, and also getting closer to regional powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The tone indicates that while the Iranian government remains in power in Tehran, Israel is already looking for a new regional nemesis, with a network of like-minded states around it.