Turkey's moves against Israel - Debka's view

Debka, a highly biased and unreliable media source, has provided some surprisingly good analysis of the situation or crisis developing between Turkey and Israel. It explores a number of reasons why Turkish president, Erdogan is pursuing a confrontational position vis-a-vis the Jewish state. The full article is available here http://www.debka.com/article/21282/

"Minister Tayyip Erdogan this week coolly moved his country step by provocative step towards an armed clash with Israel – not just over the Palestinian issue, but because he covets the gas and oil resources of the eastern Mediterranean opposite Israel's shores. Thursday night, Sept. 8, he announced that Turkish warships will escort any Turkish aid vessels for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. In his remarks to Al Jazeera television, the Turkish prime minister also said he had taken steps "to stop Israel from unilaterally exploiting natural resources from the eastern Mediterranean." He did not say what steps he had taken. However, for some time now, he has moved mountains to isolate Israel by drawing a double diplomatic noose around it."