Israel must prepare for a direct confrontation with Turkey and its proxies, according to a government-commissioned report on updating the country’s defense budget and security strategy, presented on Monday, January 6th.
The report was unveiled by the so-called Nagel Committee, a group of security and defense officials established by the Netanyahu government and headed by former National Security Council chief Jacob Nagel.
Apart from Iran, the document identifies Turkey as the newest threat to Israel’s geopolitical interests in the Middle East and warns that Ankara’s ambitions to restore its Ottoman-era influence could lead to heightened tensions and possibly even to war.
