Washington’s tendency to serve the Jewish state has become “an accepted fact of life,” Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has asserted that Israel’s successful lobbying efforts in the US political arena have effectively made Washington subservient to the interests of West Jerusalem.
During an interview with TRT on Saturday, Fidan addressed the recent Israeli airstrike on Beirut, Lebanon, which resulted in the death of Hezbollah political leader Hassan Nasrallah. He emphasized that recent events have confirmed Türkiye’s worst fears of the Middle East conflict escalating beyond the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
“In other words, we said that if Israel is not stopped, it will carry this war to other places… It seems that there is a serious desire in Israel, among [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and his team, to expand the war to the region, and they are trying to advance this,” he stated.
Fidan proceeded to accuse the US of turning a blind eye to West Jerusalem’s actions, claiming that “Zionism has taken root in American politics.”
“The fact that the entire power of the American state has been transformed into a structure that serves Israel… is no longer a disturbing issue here, but has become an accepted fact of life. This, of course, makes sane Americans incredibly uncomfortable,” Fidan remarked.
According to the foreign minister, certain US politicians find themselves unable to publicly oppose this foreign policy if they wish to remain within the political system. “They are in such despair,” he added.
Fidan went on to describe Nasrallah as “an important figure in the region” and asserted that “the void left by his absence will be difficult to fill.”
Türkiye has openly criticized Israel’s response to the surprise Hamas attack on the Jewish state last October, which has led to unprecedented destruction in Gaza. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went as far as to compare Netanyahu to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Erdogan has also condemned Israel’s attack on Beirut, labeling it a “massacre” that “no person of conscience can accept.”
The US remains a key ally of Israel in the region, supplying it with weapons. Following Nasrallah’s assassination, US President Joe Biden stated that the US “fully supports Israel’s right to defend itself against Hezbollah” and “other Iranian-supported terrorist groups.” He added that Nasrallah’s “death from an Israeli airstrike is a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians.”