Monday, October 27, 2025

in the west, there is an ignorant belief that palestinians are arabs, but there has been no arab power here for centuries, and it was shortlived when it did exist.

the two powers in the area for the last 1000 years have been the egyptians and turks, and egypt was often ruled by turkish dynasties. arabs like to pretend otherwise, but israel, lebanon and syria are outside of the arab sphere of influence.

it only makes sense to let egyptians or turks patrol gaza. gulf arabs shoud not be allowed to do this. this is way too far away from them.

israel would be right to oppose turks in the west bank, but turks in gaza might provide the stability the egyptians can't. a turkish port would be good for the israeli economy. and, if it doesn't work, they can divide turks and egyptiians by setting them against each other.

a potential turkish staging ground should not cause alarm in israel. turkey would require american approval.