Jerusalem Post: Türkiye-Libya deal raised Israel’s concerns

Jerusalem Post says Türkiye-Libya deal heightened Israel’s concerns

The Jerusalem Post wrote that Israel’s security establishment views Ankara’s moves in Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean as efforts to constrain and regionally isolate Israel. The report argued that the 2019 Türkiye-Libya agreement and Türkiye’s military activities in the region have increased Israel’s energy and security concerns.

Scraper SystemSeptember 29, 2026, 12:25 PM

Jerusalem Post says Türkiye-Libya deal heightened Israel’s concerns

The Jerusalem Post said Israel, which reportedly conducts 98 percent of its imports by sea, is concerned about Türkiye’s policies in the Eastern Mediterranean and Libya. The newspaper wrote that Israel’s security establishment views Ankara’s moves in the region as efforts to constrain and regionally isolate Israel.

The report argued that the Türkiye-Libya agreement signed in 2019 created a corridor stretching from Türkiye’s coast to Libya’s coast by bypassing the chain of Greek islands, including Crete and Rhodes. It claimed that the situation emerging alongside Türkiye’s military activities in the Eastern Mediterranean had effectively divided the Mediterranean in two.

Akdeniz’de bir Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri fırkateyni (arşiv)

The Jerusalem Post wrote that, in return for the military support Türkiye provided to Libya, Türkiye secured a presence at Libyan ports, an air presence and rights to search for energy resources in Libyan waters.

The newspaper said the resulting security environment enabled Türkiye to establish military infrastructure far beyond its own borders. It argued that this capacity could disrupt military and civilian activities, including civilian maritime trade.

Libya’nın başkenti Trablus’un havadan görünümü

An assessment in the Israeli press argued that Türkiye’s moves in the Eastern Mediterranean were aimed at blocking or disrupting a natural gas pipeline project planned to run from Israel to the Greek Cypriot administration and then through Greece to Europe.

The report conveyed the assessment of Israeli officials with the phrase, “Türkiye is cornering Israel.”