{"id":126713,"date":"2026-05-31T09:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=126713"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:38:19","slug":"turkiye-links-israels-inclusion-in-regional-bloc-to-palestinian-statehood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/126713\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkiye links Israel\u2019s inclusion in regional bloc to Palestinian statehood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANKARA(National Times)-  TURKIYE\u2019S Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, has said that Israel can join a cooperative \u201cregional platform\u201d if it recognises a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders, according to an\u00a0<em>Al Jazeera<\/em>\u00a0report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf that problem is solved, I think the security of Israel will be very much assisted by the regional countries, too,\u201d he told&nbsp;<em>Nikkei Asia<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fidan said this framework could include Pakistan, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, other Gulf countries, and \u201cwhen things come [back to] normal, maybe Iran should also be part of it\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll the countries in the region should be committing to each other\u2019s territorial integrity, sovereignty and security,\u201d Fidan told&nbsp;<em>Nikkei<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These comments come as Turkiye is expected to host a pivotal Nato summit in July in Ankara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Trump laid out his vision for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2003043\">expanding<\/a>&nbsp;the Abraham Accords, a series of normalisation deals between Israel and nearby Arab states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt should be mandatory that all of these countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords,\u201d he wrote on Truth Social, listing six countries, including Turkiye and Egypt, which already have formal diplomatic relations with Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Israel\u2019s genocidal war<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says the death toll from Israel\u2019s genocidal war on the enclave has risen to 72,938, with 172,919 people wounded since October 7, 2023.PALESTINIANS inspect the site of an Israeli strike at Shati (Beach) refugee camp in Gaza City. \u2014 Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its latest update, the ministry said hospitals across Gaza received seven bodies over the past 24 hours, including six people killed in recent Israeli attacks and one person who later died from wounds sustained earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another 25 wounded people were brought to medical facilities during the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ministry added that since the \u201cceasefire\u201d took effect on October 11, Israeli attacks have killed 929 Palestinians and wounded 2,811 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also said that 781 bodies have been recovered during that period as rescue teams continue searching areas previously inaccessible due to ongoing military operations and destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least 260 journalists have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, making it the deadliest conflict for media workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 1.9 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been internally displaced within the territory, many of them multiple times. More than 1.2 million people \u2014 almost 60 per cent of Gaza\u2019s population\u2014have lost their homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA(National Times)- TURKIYE\u2019S Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, has said that Israel can join a cooperative \u201cregional platform\u201d if it recognises a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders, according to an\u00a0Al Jazeera\u00a0report. \u201cIf that problem is solved, I think the security of Israel will be very much assisted by the regional countries, too,\u201d he told&nbsp;Nikkei Asia. 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