r/InternationalNews • u/speakhyroglyphically • Nov 13 '24

International Turkey severs all relations with Israel, says Erdogan

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-severs-all-relations-israel-says-erdogan
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u/tagrephile Nov 14 '24

SA is making a play. They were waiting for Trump, corruption is easy when you know exactly what the other party wants.

SA pockets are deeper than anyone else. Israel overplayed its hand and AIPAC money can’t compete. So now SA decides the terms moving forward.

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u/Unusual_Leader_982 Nov 14 '24

(SA is short for South Africa. Saudi Arabia is KSA for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to avoid confusion.)
Apart from this not being a great thing either, it has no basis in reality. No other country even has the ability to touch the influence Israel has on US elections because they simply do not have the necessary institutions in place to be able to spend their money.

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u/tagrephile Nov 14 '24

A look at DC think tanks will show that UAE and KSA are becoming more familiar with the process, including lots of speaking fees for retired military.

Second, they already have a direct line to the incoming admin, so they can bypass all the in-betweens. They only need to speak to one person now.

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u/Unusual_Leader_982 Nov 14 '24

You can only rent so many Trump properties. I'm not saying they don't have influence and that it's not growing, just that they're not competing with Israel anytime soon and they have shown very little interest in getting involved with anything relating to Israel at all.