Overview
- In a broadcast interview, Amichai Chikli said Turkey now poses the most serious threat to Israel.
- He alleged Ankara is building bases in northern Syria and arming forces loyal to Abu al‑Julani as a forward platform against Israel, a claim not independently verified in the reports.
- Chikli warned that danger would come from the north and urged Israel to pursue diplomatic isolation of Turkey.
- He advocated deeper political, military, and economic cooperation with an Eastern Mediterranean axis of Greece, Cyprus, and Italy, pointing to a recent joint naval exercise.
- On regional diplomacy, he said F‑35 sales should be considered only if linked to normalization with Saudi Arabia and he rejected any commitment to establish a new Palestinian state.