While everyone is watching Iran: Turkey and Qatar's move | Amit Yagur

Turkey and Qatar are leading a coordinated geopolitical move against the US, Israel, and the Abraham Accords, through the 'Badr Agreement' security pact with Pakistan and Indonesia and the 'Istanbul Forum' diplomatic platform. The author, Lt. Col. (res.) Amit Yagur, warns of an attempt to push Israel and the US out of the regional equation and calls for a resolute response.

Turkey and Qatar are leading a coordinated geopolitical move against the US, Israel, and the Abraham Accords, according to an analysis by Lt. Col. (res.) Amit Yagur in an opinion piece in Maariv. At the center of the move is the 'Badr Agreement' – a memorandum of understanding on security signed in Doha between Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan, and Indonesia, whose name carries religious symbolism aimed at the Muslim world. Concurrently, the 'Istanbul Forum' is taking place – an informal diplomatic meeting intended to establish an alternative political alliance and thwart the new regional architecture the US is trying to build. Yagur warns that Indonesia, considered a candidate for the Abraham Accords, chose to join the Turkish-Qatari axis, and that Malaysia has intensified its diplomatic and technological boycott of Israel. The article calls on the US and Israel to accelerate cooperation with India, finalize a defense agreement with Saudi Arabia, and clarify to European powers that diplomatic alternatives in Istanbul serve the Iranian threat. The piece presents a one-sided interpretation without an official response from the involved parties.