Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Thursday evening that Israel is seeking a new enemy and that Turkey has no fear of confrontation if its national or regional interests are threatened. Fidan described Israel as a problem for the entire world, not just for him personally, according to his remarks published by Rak Neto.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan escalated his rhetoric against Israel on Thursday evening, saying the country is 'seeking a new enemy' and warning that Turkey does not fear confrontation. 'As long as Israel — or any other actor — acts in ways that contradict our national and regional interests, we have no reason to fear, hesitate, or retreat,' Fidan said. 'We have no problem with confrontation. If it comes to that, it is not a problem for us.' Fidan described Israel as 'not only my problem; it is a problem for the entire world.'
The remarks continue a pattern of increasingly hostile Turkish official statements toward Israel. As The Zioneer has reported, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in recent weeks called Zionism an 'existential threat' to Turkey and the world, and signaled that Turkey could serve as an alternative patron for Lebanon. Fidan himself has previously accused Israel of sabotaging the Gaza ceasefire and undermining the two-state solution.
The statement was published by the source Rak Neto and has not yet been independently confirmed by an official Turkish government channel. Fidan's exact platform and context for the remarks were not specified in the available source.
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