Erdoğan Vows to 'Monitor' Israel After Cease-fire, Again
President Erdoğan, fresh from a 'peace deal' summit in Egypt, is once again vowing to 'stand with Gaza' and 'monitor Israel' post-cease-fire. This steadfast commitment mirrors his pronouncements from, say, 2008, 2010 (after the Mavi Marmara incident, which he condemned vigorously before eventually restoring diplomatic ties), and 2018. One might wonder if 'monitoring' entails watching from a
respectable distance as the cycle repeats, or if it involves, perhaps, actual, you know, consequences. His government's commitment to holding Israel accountable often appears inversely proportional to Turkey's trade relations with Israel, which, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute, continued robustly even during periods of high diplomatic tension. This isn't solidarity; it’s performance
art for a domestic audience, a grand theatrical gesture while the suffering in Gaza continues, largely unmonitored by anyone with actual leverage.