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Turkey SANCTIONED Israel with NO MORE Oil! #israelpalestineconflict #israel #turkeynews “The majority of Israel's oil demands are provided by Azerbaijan or Iraqi Kurdistan,“ says London Energy Club expert Mehmet Ogutcu. “According to the most recent estimates, Azerbaijan supplies almost 40% of Israel's oil needs. It travels all the way to Ceyhan, then to an Israeli port, where it is transferred to one of the refineries “Ogutcu elaborates. However, as the death toll from Israel's invasion of Gaza rises, calls for Turkey to cut off oil deliveries are intensifying. Earlier this month, during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Ankara, Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian encouraged countries supplying oil to Israel to reduce their supplies, a request Fidan rejected. Turkey and Iran set aside their differences as the Gaza situation provides common ground. Despite Erdogan's escalating rhetoric against Israel, oil transfers from Turkey to Israel continue. And there are also doubts about how effective any embargo imposed by Turkey would be. “I don't think Israel will suffer in any way because oil is abundant in global markets,“ says Ogutcu. Even if Turkey cuts off Israel's supply, he argues, “they may import it from Brazil or Canada or some of the African nations where they have good links.“ “If I'm not mistaken, Israeli consumption is around 225,000 barrels per day. That is not a significant sum. It is easily obtained through long-term contracts or on the spot market “He continues. However, if Turkey wishes to strike a blow against Israel, it has other options. “Turkey might shut down the Kurecik radar station in Malatya, Turkey, which is critical to NATO's missile defence system and, as far as we know, also protects Israel's airspace,“ says Ilhan Uzgel, an international affairs expert and columnist for Turkey's Kisa Dalga news portal. So far, Erdogan has chosen none of these possibilities. “He has to please his audience; therefore, he makes difficult statements,“ Uzel explains. “It's not hurting anyone; at the end of the day, it's just words.“ Turkey has come under fire for designating Hamas as a “liberation“ organisation. Erdogan continues to engage in anti-Israel propaganda, even going so far as to refer to Hamas as an organisation fighting for liberation while personally attacking Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel. Despite this, the acts of the Turkish president continue to be more cautious. Erdogan reaffirmed that Turkey's diplomatic relations with Israel would remain open when he made the announcement that Turkey's ambassador would be recalled from Israel for negotiations this month. Erdogan also stated that Turkish efforts to liberate Hamas hostages would continue. “The rhetoric is harsh, but the tangible deeds are not,“ Galip Dalay, an associate fellow at Chatham House in London, remarked. “At least in terms of the bilateral relationship.“ “I feel that the point that is being made is that if you destroy bridges, you will not be able to execute the diplomatic role as successfully as you would like to,“ Since the beginning of the confrontation between Israel and Hamas, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his first trip to Ankara, which took place on Monday. Blinken's statement that third-party governments were working to achieve the release of the hostages was an implied acknowledgement of Turkey's efforts in this regard. turkey sanctioned israel with no more oil! israel gaza latest news hamas israel palestine conflict israel news saudi arabia palestine israel palestine israel vs palestine english news palestine vs israel israel palestine war palestine and israel israel palestine news english latest news mohammed bin salman iran palestine israel hindustan times ht media al jazeera benjamin netanyahu al jazeera english al jazeera video aljazeera live news al jazeera live
