False hostility and rooted relationships - By: Muhammad Jassim

The visit of the head of the Israeli occupation entity to Turkey this week comes to reaffirm the ongoing relations and coordination between the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Israeli entity, despite the state of formal hostility that appears between the two sides from time to time and according to the circumstances. Erdogan, who described the visit of the head of the occupation entity to Ankara as being a turning point In the relations between the two sides, he used the incident of the Marmara ship in the Mediterranean in 2010, which was carrying solidarity with the Palestinian people, to show allegations of false hostility to Israel and at the same time to express feelings of defending the interests of the Palestinian people and their cause. However, news reports indicate that his positions are false and do not reflect his policies. It also aims to seduce Turkish and regional public opinion.

Facts prove the continuation of intra-trade and the strategic relations between Turkey and the occupation entity, which former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as rooted, despite the media bubble of hostility. Reports indicate that Turkish-Israeli relations continued even during the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip in late 2008 and 2014, which exposes lies Erdogan and his plays, and confirms his trading with the feelings of the Palestinian people to achieve political and economic gains for his regime.

During the Corona pandemic, the occupation entity provided great medical aid to confront the Corona virus in Turkey, and asked its media not to talk about the matter.

According to statistical data, in the first four months of 2021, Turkey's exports to Israel rose to one billion and 851 million dollars, an increase of 35 percent compared to the same period in 2020, while Turkey's exports to Israel before the Erdogan regime came to power in 2002 were at the level of 850 million dollars annually.

It is known that Turkey's relations with the occupation entity began in 1949 and was strengthened with the government of the Justice and Development Party led by Erdogan taking over the reins of power in Turkey and the two sides worked to adopt a policy of separating politics from the economy, and Erdogan's regime reinforced previous agreements with the occupation entity, unconcerned by the contradiction of his public speech His enthusiasm for the Palestinian cause, but he is hiding from under the table to enhance trade, military relations and security coordination with the Israeli entity.