According to assessments within the security establishment, Turkey seeks to strengthen a Sunni axis that is, among other things, anti-Israel.

"Neither side is interested in a military confrontation, certainly not at the present time. That is completely contrary to Erdogan's outlook," a former Mossad counterterror chief…

Opinion: Israeli decision-makers are warning of a 'new Sunni axis' led by Turkey; with suspicions of political motives, the public should question what is really true