- 18 May 2021 08:29
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Oh I don't know, @Red_Army . Recall that the Palestinians where ENTIRELY happy to live under Jordanian (and Egyptian) rule when those two countries occupied - AND ANNEXED - Judea and Samaria, and Gaza, respectively. (changing the name of Judea and Samaria to 'The West Bank'). In the case of Jordan, all Palestinians where immediately converted to Jordanians.
The Palestinians didn't bat an eyelash !
I'm sure they'd be entirely happy to be Turks. They'd be happy to be almost ANY nationality except Jewish. (which is odd, because the average Israeli Arab has the highest standard of living in the Arab world).
In regards a conflict between Turkey and Israel; that is highly unlikely. Turkey is a LONG way from Israel. It's incursions into Syria where in NORTHERN Syria, again many hundreds of kilometers away from Israel. This is out of range for their S400/S300 anti aircraft missiles, and at the limit for their F16 fighters. So they couldn't 'close down Israeli air space'. They would have to move both missiles systems and aircraft (with all the associated support facilities) into Syria, and build an airbase, to threaten Israel. And such a base would be bombed by Israel before it could become operational.
Turkey DOES have a much larger navy than Israel, so I guess they COULD set up a blockade of Israel's coasts, and ferry weapons to HAMAS in Gaza. However, they risk running the gauntlet of Israeli land-based anti-ship missiles (Gabriel), to say nothing of the Israeli air force ! .
Red_Army wrote:To be fair to @Istanbuller F35s can't fly if it rains out and are completely a product of weapons contractor corruption. That being said Israel and Turkey are on the same side most of the time and I doubt the Israelis or Palestinians want to be controlled by the Turks.
Oh I don't know, @Red_Army . Recall that the Palestinians where ENTIRELY happy to live under Jordanian (and Egyptian) rule when those two countries occupied - AND ANNEXED - Judea and Samaria, and Gaza, respectively. (changing the name of Judea and Samaria to 'The West Bank'). In the case of Jordan, all Palestinians where immediately converted to Jordanians.
The Palestinians didn't bat an eyelash !
I'm sure they'd be entirely happy to be Turks. They'd be happy to be almost ANY nationality except Jewish. (which is odd, because the average Israeli Arab has the highest standard of living in the Arab world).
In regards a conflict between Turkey and Israel; that is highly unlikely. Turkey is a LONG way from Israel. It's incursions into Syria where in NORTHERN Syria, again many hundreds of kilometers away from Israel. This is out of range for their S400/S300 anti aircraft missiles, and at the limit for their F16 fighters. So they couldn't 'close down Israeli air space'. They would have to move both missiles systems and aircraft (with all the associated support facilities) into Syria, and build an airbase, to threaten Israel. And such a base would be bombed by Israel before it could become operational.
Turkey DOES have a much larger navy than Israel, so I guess they COULD set up a blockade of Israel's coasts, and ferry weapons to HAMAS in Gaza. However, they risk running the gauntlet of Israeli land-based anti-ship missiles (Gabriel), to say nothing of the Israeli air force ! .