In a letter released on Friday, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remove Turkey from ceasefire talks.
In his letter, Smotrich said he was surprised to learn that representatives of Israel's “anti-Semitic enemy Mr. Erdogan” were participating in the peace talks, adding, “Mr. Erdogan believes that they should be called off. Any discussion or association should be boycotted.”
To support his claim, Smotrich pointed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as promoting anti-Semitism and hatred against Israel. Turkey joined the case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague and severed economic ties with Israel. He also noted that the Turkish delegation's participation was kept secret from his cabinet members.
Peace Endangers Israel's National Security
Smotrich went on to say that the peace talks in Cairo undermine Israel's national security, are a “national humiliation” and “endanger our very existence.” The finance minister claimed that President Erdogan had “chosen the side of Islamic extremist terrorism” and was threatening peace around the world, along with Iran and its proxies.
He also argued that Turkey's participation in the peace talks would bring a kind of relief and international legitimacy to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which would be a “huge blow” to Israel's national security.
“For a long time we have been on a downward slope towards destruction,” the minister said in the letter, adding that under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel has gone from a feeling of victory to defeat and capitulation. Stated.
At the end of his letter, Smotrich begged Netanyahu to “stop!” stop it. Before it's too late. ” and called for “returning Israel to its natural path of relentless war against its enemies, courage, national pride and dignity.”
