Author: Petr Lyukimson, Israel, exclusively to VK
A senior source in the Foreign Ministry of Israel called the statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmad Davutoglu that the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad supposedly has a secret treaty with Israel "nonsense".
Another anti-Israeli statement by Davutoglu is due to the strike on some Syrian facilities on the night of January 30. "I do not know exactly what the purpose of the strike was, but I do not understand why Assad did not try to throw a stone at least, when Israeli planes were flying over his palace and dishonoring his country. Does this mean that Assad has a secret agreement with the Israel allowing the latter to feel unpunished? " - Davutoglu said on February 2 before leaving for an international conference in Munich, which, by the way, among others, was attended by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Recall that Israel itself has not taken responsibility for the strike on Syrian facilities, and the information about its involvement in this campaign comes from a variety of international media. Views on what it is that was destroyed that day in Syria diverge. "The Times", for example, argues that this was the Center for the development of chemical and biological weapons near Damascus. Lebanese sources insist that Israel destroyed rockets that might fall into the hands of "Hezbollah" and be used to attack its territory.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry, as it has been said, called the statement by Davutoglu nonsense unworthy of comment. However, Israeli analysts seem to think differently. The statement by the head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, in their view, once again demonstrates not only the unwillingness of Ankara to reconcile with Israel, but also the fact that in its vision of the future of Syria after the fall of the Assad regime Turkey has decided to bet on Islamic fundamentalists and created the image of Assad as "a secret ally of Israel" together with them That is, no matter how the situation in Syria will develop - in any case Israel will be an enemy. They also draw attention to the continuation of the statement by Davutoglu, in which he stressed that "Turkey will not tolerate Israel's attack on any Muslim country", of course, including Iran.
