Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli has said that Israel would eventually wage war against Syria, arguing that both Syria and Türkiye pose “a greater strategic challenge” to Israel than Iran.
“We will wage war on Syria, sooner or later, because it and Türkiye are far more worrying than Iran,” Chikli said on Thursday in an interview with Israeli radio station 103FM, affiliated with Maariv newspaper.
His comments came just hours after Iran and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending hostilities across several regional fronts, including Lebanon.
Chikli, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party, has repeatedly criticised regional actors involved in diplomatic efforts to resolve ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.
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The Israeli minister expressed concern over what he described as a “Qatar-Türkiye-Pakistan axis,” alleging that the three countries had influenced the emerging agreement between Washington and Tehran.
