Erdogan trying to undermine Egypt's peace with Israel
In an earlier post, I reported that the Egyptian government was preventing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan from visiting Gaza next week. Michael Rubin claims that it's the Turkish diplomatic corps that is holding the dam in place. Turkey’s diplomatic corps, however, is one of the last vestiges of the Turkish civil service which is not directly controlled by Erdoğan. In time-honored fashion, they are leaking like sieves, to undercut the visit. “Erdoğan’s entry to Gaza through the Rafah border crossing would put Egypt in a delicate position, since that would mean violating existing agreements between Israel and Egypt,” said one diplomat.Hmmm.
The question now is whether Erdoğan’s desire to score populist points is greater than Turkey’s respect for Middle East peace and the increasingly shattered legacy of the Camp David Accords.
Labels: Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, Gaza plenty, Rafah, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 6:25 AM
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