Turkish journalist close to Erdogan: Turkey should become a nuclear power and consider nuking Israel

Why? It’s all about Islam. Karagül says that Israel is “a racist idolatrous structure that is at war with Allah.” How does Allah fight those who go to war against him? Through the Muslims: “Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, and he will lay them low and give you victory over them, and he will heal the hearts of people who are believers, and he will remove the anger of their hearts.” (Qur’an 9:14-15)

“Turkish Journalist Close To Turkish President Erdoğan: ‘Turkey Should Urgently Be Turned Into A Nuclear Power… A Preemptive Strike On Israel Should Be Considered,’” MEMRI, February 24, 2026:

On February 23, 2026, Turkish journalist İbrahim Karagül published a column in the Turkish pro-government daily Yeni Şafak titled “If You Want To Prevent The Third World War, Get Israel Under Control. If You Want To Prevent A Nuclear Disaster, Get The Jewish Tribe Under Control. A Preemptive Strike On Israel Should Be Considered.”…

“Israel should be disarmed in every sense. Its power should be taken or an inspection mechanism should be put on its power. The Israeli army should be disbanded, and it should be given only the right to police power.

“Israel’s right to statehood should be revoked. Because this ‘Tribe’ is not qualified to be a state. It has proven this many times through its own actions.

“Israel cannot and should not have a ‘right of the map.’ There should be no such region as Israel in the region that constitutes the center, the axis of the world. This country, with this condition, should be taken under guardianship in the full sense of the word.

“Turkey Should Be A Nuclear Power, A Preemptive Strike On Israel Should Be Considered

“If these things cannot be done, every country in the region should be a nuclear power. Turkey should urgently be turned into a nuclear power. A map of siege, of encirclement, should be drawn around Israel.

“If everything comes to a standstill, the concept of a ‘preemptive strike’ with all of its elements should be directed at Israel. One cannot wait for a country that is clearly prepared to use nuclear weapons and commit horrific acts of destruction against the region to implement its plans.

“This is clear: Israel and the Jewish Tribe are at war with the human race. Without distinguishing between Muslim or Christian; without distinguishing between Turk, Arab, French, English, Russian, or German, it brings death to all generations.

“Racist Idolaters Who Make War On Allah!

“The family of humanity should develop a joint measure against this threat to the entire world.

“The political mind of Israel today has no grain of relation to Prophet Moses or the religions. It has no relation to the concept of ‘God’ that we know.

“They are actually a racist idolatrous structure that is at war with Allah, with God. They have become a society that throws poison on the world, spreads contagious disease, and endangers humanity.”

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Robert Spencer

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