A 'quiet but deadly' response: Turkey raises the tone against Netanyahu

In the Turkish media outlet 'Turkey Today', identified as a mouthpiece for Erdogan, a column by Ilker Sezer was published harshly criticizing Prime Minister Netanyahu. Sezer calls Israel an 'insecure state' led by an 'insecure' and 'obsessive' prime minister, and mocks its reputation as a democracy. He accuses Israel of 'reckless expansion' and refers to the attack in Syria as a bold move to create friction with Turkey.

In the Turkish media outlet 'Turkey Today', identified as a mouthpiece for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an opinion column by writer Ilker Sezer was published harshly criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Sezer opens by claiming that Israel is an 'insecure state', led by a prime minister who is 'even more insecure, terrified of the possibility of imprisonment and obsessive about his legacy'. He calls this a 'toxic combination' and mocks Israel's reputation as 'the only democracy in the Middle East', arguing it is a worn-out cliché. Sezer praises Turkey for its efforts to resolve the Kurdish conflict domestically, while accusing Israel of 'reckless expansion'. He points to the recent Israeli attack in the Abu al-Duhur area of northern Syria, near the Turkish border, as a bold move intended to create friction. The writer also attacks Israeli experts who claimed Israel does not want a confrontation with Turkey, calling their claims 'throwing a stone at your neighbor's window and claiming you did it to respect his privacy'. The article ends with a warning that 'Ankara's silence is not a sign of surrender – it is a sign of preparations'.