By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Israel's minister of defense, Moshe Yaalon, is a straight shooter.
It is his character.
Yesterday the defense minister was extremely critical of Turkey. He said that Turkey supports ISIS.
That pronouncement was made in a press conference after a meeting between Yaalon and his Greek counterpart.
Israel and Turkey have been working hard to mend fences and reconstitute diplomatic relations. Yaalon said that Israel stipulated that the relations would get back on track only after Turkey puts a stop to several actions that support ISIS - including buying their oil.
Yes, Turkey buys oil from ISIS and that helps prop up ISIS.
Yaalon said that "ISIS enjoyed Turkish money for oil for a very, very long period of time. I hope that it will be ended." He also said that Turkey is a center for other terror groups. He called Turkey "Hamas' terror headquarters outside of Gaza."
In his most direct condemnation of Turkey, Yaalon said that Turkey has a choice to make. "It's up to Turkey, the Turkish government, the Turkish leadership, to decide... should all these stop, and Turkey will be willing to reconcile with us, then Turkey can be part of the collaborative regional effort to fight terror - instead of supporting it."
Israel has always known that Turkey was buying ISIS oil but they have kept silent hoping that Turkey would do the right thing and stop dealing with ISIS on its own. That has not happened.
So now Israel, through Yaalon, has embarrassed Turkey by calling them out for buying ISIS oil.
Turkey can't let this pass. Turkey has to respond.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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