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Gallia Lindenstrauss, a senior research fellow at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, noted that for now, Israel appears to have no intention of directly challenging Turkey’s influence in Syria. She believes the fall of the Syrian regime could even provide a window of opportunity for Turkey-Israel ties. “Counterintuitively, this is actually a chance for greater...

The unusually sharp exchange reflects a new low in bilateral relations, according to Gallia Lindenstrauss, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies. "Relations between Israel and Turkey are now at their lowest point in decades," she told Fox News Digital. "In May, Turkey imposed a complete trade ban on Israel, severing all direct links. This is...

"We have 101 hostages that are still, we don’t know their fate," says Gallia Lindenstrauss, an Israeli foreign policy specialist at the Institute for National Security Studies. "There are attempts to at least receive information about who’s alive, who’s dead, who’s holding them – Hamas or Islamic Jihad." Lindenstrauss cautioned that Israel remains sceptical of Turkey’s ability...

Gallia Lindenstrauss, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) at Tel Aviv University, explained that Turkey’s unwillingness to openly associate with the full span of the Hamas organization is not new. “Turkey emphasizes the difference between Hamas’s political wing and Hamas’s military wing and has claimed over the years that it has tried...

“Accusing Israel of having expansionist policies that are a direct threat to Turkey is complete nonsense. Even in practical terms, Israel has much more pressing security needs,” Gallia Lindenstrauss, a senior research fellow at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, told Al-Monitor. Lindenstrauss continued, “Israel may have succeeded in militarily defeating Hamas,...

Israel has yet to formally comment on Fidan’s disclosure. “Because of the intensive news cycle in Israel, Fidan's remarks didn’t get public awareness,” Gallia Lindenstrauss, a senior research fellow at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, said. Yet “such a meeting, just after the brutal surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, with the Hezbollah leader who — besides...

With Israel already alienated by Erdogan's fiery rhetoric along with Turkey imposing an Israeli trade embargo, Gallia Lindenstrauss of Tel Aviv's National Security Studies says Turkey has nothing to offer. "There are two main mediators in this conflict: Egypt and Qatar. They're the two actors that have leverage over Hamas. Turkey, despite its very open support of Hamas, has...

“There’s a process of enlarging BRICS that China and Russia are engaged in,” Gallia Lindenstrauss, a fellow at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies Turkey Policy Research, told VOA Mandarin. “This bid announcement is directly tied to the S-400 sales to Turkey, and it comes as a prelude to the upcoming October BRICS meeting in Russia.”