Kuala Lampur, July 1 -- For much of the last two decades, Iran occupied the central place in Israel's strategic imagination as the principal regional adversary.

Increasingly, however, influential voices across the Israeli political spectrum are redirecting their attention towards Turkiye.

This shift should not be dismissed as routine political rhetoric or electoral posturing.

When senior Israeli politicians began to describe Turkiye as "the new Iran," the international community - and especially the United Nations - must pay attention.

The language is not confined to one faction or one government coalition.

According to David Hearst at the Middle East Eye, a reputation digital website, he affirmed this anti-Turkiye thread is becoming...