Israel isn’t just now turning it’s sights on Turkey- Israel has had Turkey in it’s sights for years now. I’ve written about this for quite a few years now- Turkey is very aware of this. Once USrael started destabilizing Syria, the writing was on the wall for Turkey. By that I mean Turkey’s leadership understood where this was heading. As the refugees poured onto Turkey, and the PKK rebranded in Syria, was emboldened by US support, Turkey knew! They had to have. If I could spot the trend via a multitude of news reports- Turkey’s leaders could spot it too.
The fact that Turkey is a NATO nation, blinds people to what is going on. US led NATO has no loyalty to Turkey. The former empires that are partnered with the US, France and the UK have found Turkey (Ottoman) to be expendable previously- That hasn’t changed.
Even though this rivalry is far from being over, and Israel is far from being the clear victor, it has already started glancing toward the next state that needs to be subjugated in order for Israel to achieve military hegemony in the Middle East: Turkey. (Israel’s doctrine is to achieve security not through balance, but through domination).
This is why Israel has always courted the Kurds– Don't be fooled by the PKK laying down their arms- This is rebrand. A new narrative being created to manage your mind. It's not reality.
Don’t forget to check the additional links I’ve included directly above– Familiar names.
While Israel is undeniably cleansing the Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank (Palestine) Israeli NGO’s advocate for a homeland for the Kurds-
Turkey’s victory in Syria pushes it deeper into Israel’s focus. But Turkey is different from Iran: It is a member of NATO and the G20, its economy cannot easily be sanctioned, it is a Sunni power with stronger soft power in the broader Middle East than Shia Iran has enjoyed for the past 10-15 years. Turkey, of course, has several vulnerabilities as well, including
the Kurdish separatist movement.But as long as Israel believes its security can only come through militarily dominating all its neighbors that can pose a challenge to it — that is, those who have the capacity to do so regardless of whether they have the intent or not — then Turkey’s emergence as a major power in the region will put it into Israel’s crosshairs, whether it likes it or not.
The forces of geopolitics cannot be eliminated. They can at best only be tamed.