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Collision course: Are Israel and Turkey headed for confrontation?

BEHIND THE LINES: From Syria and the eastern Mediterranean to the Red Sea, Israel and Turkey are increasingly finding themselves on opposite sides of the region’s most consequential flashpoints.

|ByJONATHAN SPYER
Erdogan appears on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly last week.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan talks during a press conference following the first committee meeting under the joint defense accord, the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, in Istanbul, Turkey, August 31, 2026.

Turkey's Erdogan may push for FM Fidan to take over UN Sec.-Gen. role, causing concern in Israel

Sources familiar with the matter told the Post that Erdogan has considered nominating Turkey's foreign minister several times. Turkish officials strongly deny any such plan.

|ByIDAN KWELLER
A Turkish flag waves atop the Turkish embassy as an Israeli flag is seen nearby, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 26, 2016

Nine Israelis arrested as Turkey probes $3 b. international fraud network

Turkish prosecutors say a global investment fraud network operating from Turkey was allegedly managed by Israeli citizens, and led to the arrest of nine Israelis.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee in Jerusalem on June 17, 2026.

'Let's hope they'll decide to be helpful': Huckabee tells 'Post' about Turkey's role - interview

“I don't think we know the full extent of it – whether they are helpful or not,” the US ambassador told the Post in an interview, ahead of the US Embassy in Israel’s 250th Independence Day event.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN, RUTH MARKS EGLASH

Turkey aids Israel in time of coronavirus despite tense relations

On Tuesday a Turkish plane landed in Israel with stranded Arab Israelis, and three planes with medical equipment are expected to land soon.

APRIL 10, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Istanbul, Turkey

Netanyahu, Katz slam Erdogan for again comparing Gaza to Holocaust

Turkish leader makes his comments to Muslims in NY, then goes to UN to continue berating Israel

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019ByHERB KEINON, TOVAH LAZAROFF
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Katz to UAE official: Erdogan hates Israel, relatives benefit from trade

“I said that in this region there are ‘frenemies,’ and that it is possible to disagree on one thing, but cooperate on another.,” Katz said.

AUGUST 7, 2019ByHERB KEINON
TURKISH PRESIDENT Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the US embassy move to Jerusalem, in Istanbul, Turkey on May 18.

S-400 politics

JULY 18, 2019ByJPOST EDITORIAL
TURKISH PRESIDENT Tayyip Erdogan attends a ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk last year

Middle Israel: Yuli Edelstein’s fatal mistake

Don’t you see the resemblance between this election-cancellation ploy and the one that was just attempted in Istanbul, only to backfire in its authoritarian mastermind’s face?

JUNE 27, 2019ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
Yuli Edelstein

Gaza violence exacerbates Israel-Turkey rift

In recent flare-up, Israeli fighter jets struck the Gaza office of Turkish news agency Anatolia.

MAY 7, 2019ByCHARLES BYBELEZER/THE MEDIA LINE, DIMA ABUMARIA/ THE MEDIA LINE
A Palestinian boy looks at the remains of a building that was destroyed in Israeli air strikes, in Gaza City May 5, 2019

Grapevine: A sound meaning

FEBRUARY 10, 2019ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israel and Turkey flags

Nearing nostalgia

Turkey’s Treasure Island: Digging up buried Jewish gems off the coast of Istanbul

JANUARY 17, 2019ByJENNIFER GREENBERG
BÜYÜKADA BY the clock.

War of words: Israel, Turkey on collision course

Ties between the once-staunch allies continue to plummet, a trend that shows no signs of reversing.

JANUARY 10, 2019ByKRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/ THE MEDIA LINE
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Turkey has Janus face when it comes to opposing nationalism in Israel

Both Turkey and Israel have nationalist roots and are at a crossroads of internal religious and ethnic disputes that are often enshrined in law

JULY 24, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
TURKISH PRESIDENT Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the US embassy move to Jerusalem, in Istanbul, Turkey on May 18.