It appears that the Tel Aviv administration is attempting to forge a new network of alliances in tandem with the “endless war” it launched in the region, particularly in the wake of the genocide in Gaza. It is doing so by arming Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration to form a military alliance with them.
Using the war with Iran as a pretext and in serious violation of the Treaty of Lausanne, the Mitsotakis government in Greece deployed fighter jets, surface-to-air missile (SAM) batteries, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and anti-ship missiles on the Aegean Islands and in Cyprus. Furthermore, under a military agreement with France, which violates the London and Zurich Agreements, it allocated a military base for the French Navy.
The Greek Cypriot administration, on the other hand, has opened its bases to many countries, primarily Israel, against Türkiye. It has also signed a status of forces agreement (SOFA) with France, allowing the French military to permanently station itself on the island. Although the Greek Cypriots defend this as being for "humanitarian purposes," the agreement violates the guarantee treaty signed by Türkiye, Greece and the United Kingdom in 1960.
Most recently, the "3+1" mechanism, comprising Israel, Greece, the Greek Cypriot administration and the United States, has officially announced the establishment of the Eastern Mediterranean Energy Hub as a new institutional step in its strategy to bypass Türkiye.
