Erdogan warns Israel must not 'spread smell of blood' in region again

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has publicly declared that Israel must not be permitted to destabilise the Middle East again, insisting that any lasting regional solution must be led by neighbouring nations rather than outside powers. This marks a significant escalation in Erdogan's positioning as a regional Islamic authority challenging Israeli sovereignty — a pattern Scripture associates with the rising of nations against Israel in the last days. Ezekiel 38 identifies a coalition of nations, including territories in the broader Turkish and Islamic world, that will align against Israel before divine intervention.