Israeli Security Concerns Over Turkey

And now, when we talk about Turkey, as we reported, yesterday there was

a very, very important, sensitive, and classified discussion

in the defense establishment regarding the Turkish threat.

When we talk about Turkey, there is a very,

very high level of compartmentalization. Turkey is not yet defined as an enemy

state. It is defined as a pivot state. That

means that at any moment it could

reach a confrontation with us, and one of the central issues is

the issue of force buildup.

The IDF.

Here, the IDF is essentially raising a red flag and demanding more resources.

Look, for several weeks the IDF has said, "We are

on the red line."

Amir Baram, Director General of the Ministry of Defense, told the Ministry

of Finance: "We are on the red line, no money is coming in for buildup.

We need to restock our, uh, uh, warehouses with munitions,

with interceptors, just for the existing threats posed by Turkey."

This means the State of Israel already needs to build

a different military, a different military, mainly for the Turks'

formidable naval branch, the Air Force, of course,

of course intelligence and control cells, cyber, and everything that is needed.

That's in the intelligence world. So if we are also preparing

for the possibility of a shift, we must d- do it, but even before

that happens, the army, at the red line, isn't

getting the money to build up its forces. We saw what happened to the Americans

against Iran when their stockpiles dwindled and that was

an excuse of one kind or another not to act there. Netanyahu had better wake up.

He can't say, "I instructed the Treasury to transfer the money."

In the end, the money doesn't go through. It's his responsibility as prime minister.