Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan recently declared that Israel could eventually become part of a proposed regional security framework that would include Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, the Gulf states, and even Iran. There is, however, one condition: Israel must first recognize a Palestinian state on the 1949 armistice lines.
“If that problem is solved, I think the security of Israel will be very much assisted by the regional countries, too,” Fidan told the Japanese news agency Nikkei Asia.
The proposal would be laughable if it were not so dangerous.
