Turkey’s shift in tone: Why Erdogan is downplaying Israel tensions with Syria - analysis

Jerusalem Post - 07/04
Israel may have initially underestimated Hamas, but Ankara sees that Israel is not underestimating Turkey.

Turkey appears to be downplaying tensions with Israel in Syria. This comes as Israel has ramped up strikes on sites such as T-4 near Palmyra and Israeli media have openly said this is a message to Ankara.

Ankara is usually more bellicose and prone to shouting and threatening. Why has Ankara’s hotheaded president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has compared Israel to Nazi Germany in the past, held off on threats about Syria?

There are several answers. The first is the most obvious. Turkey wants positi...
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