(JNS) Over the past several months, the Katz Jerusalem Center for Applied Policy (JCAP) has conducted an in-depth analysis of a 758-page document published by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan outlining his long-term strategy for expanding Ankara’s influence in Israel, particularly in Jerusalem.
On Monday evening, at the opening of its new headquarters in Jerusalem, JCAP unveiled the findings of its research, concluding that the doctrine lays out a phased plan to conquer Jerusalem and warning that Erdoğan’s ambitions pose a significant threat to Israel, the broader Middle East and the free world.
The document, an official publication of the Turkish Presidency’s Directorate of Communications titled “Filistin Davaniz–Our Palestinian Cause,” covers events from Oct. 7, 2023, to Apr. 20, 2024. According to JCAP, it is not a neutral account but “a blueprint for what Turkey wants remembered and read closely, what it plans to pursue.”
The publication appeared more than two years ago but received little attention, Avi Zimmerman, JCAP’s director of US relations, said.
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