• Alsephina@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        It’s also one of israel’s primary trading partners, despite its pro-Palestinian rhetoric.

        Turkey halted its trade with israel in May of this year. Only due to internal pressure most likely — and far too late — but better than nothing, and it is another sign that the country is looking more and more towards the rising east than the declining west even under Erdogan.

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          2 months ago

          Rising East? Declining west? These sound like loaded terms designated for Chinese or Russian benefit…