Turkey Emerges as Israel's Biggest Strategic Threat as Iran's Power Fades

Israel is increasingly viewing Turkey under Erdoğan as its principal long-term strategic threat, with Netanyahu actively lobbying against F-35 fighter jet sales to Ankara as Jerusalem recalibrates its regional threat assessments. This shift is prophetically significant as it reshapes the Middle Eastern power dynamics that Scripture associates with the latter days, with Turkey — historically identified with ancient Magog, Meshech, Tubal, and Togarmah — occupying a central role in end-times coalitions. Ezekiel 38-39 describes a northern alliance led by Gog moving against Israel, and Turkey's growing hostility toward the Jewish state aligns with this prophetic framework in a striking way.