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Oct 15, 2025 The Chris Hedges Report

Seth Harp chronicles how Special Forces atrocities abroad fuel a cycle of crime and violence that starts overseas and makes it way back home — especially in and around the secretive Fort Bragg military base.

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Spain EXPLODES! Israeli CONSULATE SET ABLAZE in Spain after IDF Drops 153-TON Bomb on Gaza!
Openminded Reporter
Oct 21, 2025 #OpenmindedThinkerShow #GazaGenocide #BoycottIsrael

Europe has had enough — from Italy to the UK, from Greece to Malta, the tide is turning against Israel’s toxic influence in sport and politics, and now Maccabi Tel Aviv, once Israel’s football pride, is being humiliated across the continent, banned fans, burning outrage, and a wave of disgust following every game, this isn’t just about football anymore it’s about justice and accountability for the crimes in Gaza, as nations reject the normalization of genocide on and off the pitch.

In this video we break down the shocking rise of protests against Maccabi Tel Aviv across Europe, from violent fan behavior in Amsterdam to mass boycotts in Italy and police bans in Birmingham, we expose how Israeli football has become a propaganda weapon for a regime accused of war crimes, and how leaders like Keir Starmer are failing miserably to uphold basic moral standards, while hiding behind political correctness and empty talk of antisemitism.

We connect the dots between Israel’s actions in Gaza and the growing European backlash that has forced UEFA to relocate games, cancel fixtures, and issue unprecedented warnings, with activists and football associations across Norway, Greece, and Malta saying no more, as Palestine calls for Israel’s suspension from FIFA just like Russia was banned after invading Ukraine.

Watch till the end to see how the hypocrisy of Western politics is unraveling, why Israeli teams can’t hide from accountability forever, and how this European revolt is reshaping the global sports landscape — football is no longer just a game when it’s soaked in the blood of Gaza’s children, this is a call for truth, justice, and moral courage



Transcript

That was what the 153 pound bombs looked
like in Gaza despite a ceasefire.
Continued violations by Israel have led
to the deaths of over 100 Palestinians.
These include people killed as a result
of their lack of awareness of the
boundaries demarcating the so-called
yellow line, only visible on military
maps. Others were killed directly by
Israeli fire in what it claimed was a
Gaza violation, which eventually turned
out to be a deliberate explosion by the
IDF itself so that it could attack Gaza.
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There were a total of 25 air strikes in
just 6 hours, making it an intense
aerial combat aimed principally from my
perspective at strike areas protected by
Gaza defenders which they had observed
following the lull in the ceasefire.
That was a classic one. Wanted criminal
Benjamin Netanyahu sacrificed the two
soldiers that died in order to carry out
his malicious strikes to destroy the
Gaza tunnel where Israeli prisoners of
war were detained. And to achieve this,
the IDF utilized a 153 pound bomb. And
that's the major kernel of my report
today.
After this announcement by the fugitive
criminals, Spain erupted in massive
righteous protests condemning the
Zionist regime's brutal and genocidal
onslaught in Gaza, peaking with a
nationwide general strike on October
15th, spearheaded by courageous labor
unions student activists who refused to
tolerate Israel's ongoing atrocities
amid a sham ceasefire that does nothing
to halt the slaughter. Tens of thousands
of outraged citizens flooded the streets
of Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia,
echoing thunderous chants like, "Stop
everything to stop the genocide," while
demanding that the Spanish government
immediately cut all economic and
diplomatic ties with the apartheid
state, enforce crippling sanctions, and
open vital humanitarian aid routes to
aid the besieged Palestinians. In
Madrid, around 15,000 defiant youth
marched from Atosha to Puerto del Soul
and Barcelona swelled with up to 300,000
protesters by organizers counts,
grinding transportation, schools, and
public services to a halt in a bold act
of solidarity that exposes the world's
complicity in Israel's 2-year reign of
terror and its catastrophic toll on
innocent lives. Backed by over 200
unions, this strike rejects the fragile
truce as a mere facade, fiercely calling
for true accountability and a genuine
just peace that dismantles the
oppressive roots of Zionist aggression.
Boycott were added to the mix. Like and
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for more. Today we take a crucial step
forward in calling for a two-state
solution at this conference. But let us
be lucidly clear. There is no solution
possible when the population of one of
those two states is the victim of a
genocide. We are all well aware that the
only hope that civilians in Gaza have is
that of knowing that the world does not
forget them. And this conference
nurtures that hope. It is an act of
moral rebellion and uprising against
indifference and forgetfulness. Let us
make this conference too a collective
commitment to haltering brutality and to
paving the way for peace. Excellence
excellencies, this conference marks a
monumental step forward, but it is not
the end of the road. It is it only is
and can only be the beginning. As such,
I want to make two proposals. First, the
state of Palestine must be a
fullyfledged member of the United
Nations. As soon as possible, we must
conclude the procedure to admit the
state of Palestine to this organization
on an equal footing with the rest of
states herein. Secondly, we have to
immediately adopt measures to halt the
brutality and make peace possible.
Spain,
of course, will adopt a plan with
measures to halt the genocide in Gaza.
We will continue to take brave measures
shoulder-to-shoulder with anyone who
wishes to join us because Gaza needs it.
Excellencies, history will judge us and
its verdict will be brutal with those
that perpetrated this slaughter and with
those who remain silent or turned a
blind eye.
Some breaking news to bring you now.
Nestle, who I'm sure you've heard of
because they make Kit Kat and Nest Cafe
and Nespresso and lots of other things,
has announced it's going to cut around
16,000 jobs globally over the next uh 2
years. Why does it matter here in the
UK? Because plenty of people in the UK
work at Nestle, make uh confectionary
and Halifax and lots of things in in
York and Gatwick's the HQ and cereals
are made in Wellin and in Ireland as
well. Dublin has an HQ as well. Govern
in Scotland makes confeure. A lot of
people work for Nestle here in the UK.
We don't know where these job cuts are
coming exactly, but some 16,000 jobs are
going globally. This is according to
Philip Navertil, who's Nestle's fairly
new chief executive, saying the world is
changing and Nestle needs to change
faster. And that is going to culminate
over the next two years in 16,000 jobs
going around the world, potentially in
the UK. We have no detail on that as
yet. That's going to make a lot of
people uh at those places Staverton
Wellin uh Ger and I mentioned Bramber on
the world as well rather nervous.
As if that weren't enough earlier this
month the Pedro Sanchez government
passed a law through the Spanish
Parliament imposing an arms embargo on
Israel. Spain has also been a leading
voice in preventing the wanted criminal
Netanyahu from traveling freely across
Europe on his way to the United States.
So the for the end goal, the actual
establishment of a Palestinian state
living side by side with a secure
Israel. To get that, you're going to
have to keep up the pressure on the
Israeli government. Justin Trudeau said
that Canada would honor the
International Criminal Court arrest
warrants, i.e. Benjamin Netanyahu would
be arrested if he came to Canada. Does
that stand under your leadership?
Yes.
You'd be prepared to do that?
Yes. Meanwhile, Candace Owens has issued
a warning to those who continue to
support Zionism.
Now, to be clear, I am consistent on all
matters. I do not want America involved
whatsoever in anything that is happening
in Israel. I don't want my dollars sent
over to Israel. We should not be
supporting Israel. Um, obviously, Thomas
Massie has done a lot of work showing
how it doesn't even make economic sense
that we have so much debt and yet we're
sending money over to support Israel.
And the biggest issue, by the way, that
I have with Israel and talking about
them being above reproach is the fact
that they are supplying the arms to
murder Christians, okay? In Armenia, the
oldest Christian country in the world.
And yet, nobody talks about that. For
whatever reason, it seems to be the
circumstance that when Jewish people die
in Israel, it's wall-to-wall coverage.
But when Christians die all over the
world, nobody talks about it. Everyone
wants to correlate everything to World
War II. Everyone wants to talk about
Adolf Hitler and the and rightfully so.
He was a horrific person, but nobody
wants to talk about Henrik Yagod, right?
Nobody wants to talk about the
Bolsheviks. Nobody wants to talk about
the Christian Holocaust. I am tired of
the media exhausted of the media not
speaking about what is happening to
Christians all around the world. And it
is especially horrific while at the
exact same time that it is happening,
the slaughter of Christians in Armenia,
the arms being supplied by Israel that
the media turns the other way and says,
"Oh, okay, but what about is what about
what's happening in Israel?" So, you
know what I'm asking for? Actual
equality. Okay? Because it seems like
this is like a special category, the
special relationship that we have. I'm a
Christian first. Okay? And so my
concerns are going to be with what's
happening to Christians all around the
world because it is us. We are the
number one most persecuted religion in
the world.
The fury has only intensified post
strike, boiling over into fierce clashes
that underscore an unbreakable resolve
against Israeli imperialism. As of
October 19th in Barcelona, explosive
confrontations ignited outside the
Israeli consulate where valiant masked
demonstrators struck at complicit
businesses backing the occupiers,
smashing stores, banks, and offices in a
raw outcry against the regime's support
network, resulting in arrests and police
repression with tear gas. Comparable
chaos erupted at a Euro Cup basketball
match featuring an Israeli team as
protesters pushed for boycots and
lambasted the barbaric savagery in Gaza,
ignoring union critiques and defying
backlash for persisting through
so-called peace overtures that mask
continued oppression. Throughout Spain,
this surging movement commands global
scrutiny with unbreakable vows from
activists that the fight endures until
the Zionist entity is held accountable,
fueling urgent worldwide demands to
combat what they rightly label as ethnic
cleansing, deliberate starvation, and
unyielding war crimes, even as token aid
trickles into the ravaged strip. Thank
you so much for getting to this side of
things. Remember to never forget to
support my work by subscribing to the
channel. This way we can reach more
people and fight the YouTube censorship.
And until we meet next time, God bless

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CHAOS in Cyprus! Israeli Ships SET ABLAZE as Revolt EXPLODES Against Netanyahu’s Expansion!
Openminded Reporter
Nov 1, 2025 #Cyprus #Israel #Netanyahu

The streets of Cyprus are erupting as furious protesters rise against Israel’s creeping expansion and secret land grabs, with Israeli ships reportedly set ablaze in a wave of anti-colonial anger that has left Netanyahu’s regime in shock; what started as a real estate scandal has exploded into a full-blown revolt — a direct challenge to Israel’s attempts to dominate the Mediterranean and use Cyprus as its next pawn; Cypriots have had enough, and the fire is spreading fast.

In this video, we break down the hidden ties between Israel and Cyprus, the secret land deals, the influence operations, and how the same pattern of occupation that destroyed Palestine is now unfolding in the Eastern Mediterranean; we also explore the explosive court case against Israeli developer Shimon Aykut, the leaked “Poseidon’s Wrath” plan revealing Israel’s military ambitions, and how the youth of Cyprus have reignited resistance; this revolt isn’t just about ships — it’s about sovereignty, survival, and saying NO to occupation.



Transcript

The war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu is
reeling in disbelief as Cyprus, once
seen as a silent partner, now turns
against him and his colonial schemes.
The island erupting in fury and defiance
as protests sweep through its streets,
shaking the Israeli establishment to its
core. This isn't just politics. It's a
reckoning, a long overdue rejection of
the creeping expansionism that has
defined Israel's strategy in the region
for decades. Reports from across Cyprus
describe a wave of outrage so intense
that authorities have been forced to
limit relations with Israel, freeze
weapon transfers, and arrest criminal
agents of the occupation court, trying
to buy up vast swaths of criate land
under the guise of real estate
investment. The goal was simple. turns
Cyprus into another outpost, another
vassal of apartheid Israel, another pawn
in a colonial chess game that has run
for too long.

General of the leftwing Ael party,
Stefano Stefanu has said that Israeli
investors are buying up coastal land and
are building what he called Zionist
schools and synagogues. He claimed that
parts of Cyprus are turning into gated
ghettos.

The Israeli historian Elon Pappe argues that Israel is imploding. He defines the current far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu as neozionist, meaning that the old values of Zionism have become more extreme, more openly racist, more supremacist, and more violent. This neozionist state has abandoned the incremental approach to slow motion ethnic cleansing of Palestinians which characterized past Zionist governments. It is using genocide as a weapon to empty the Gaza Strip of Palestinians and soon perhaps the West Bank.

It is dominated by Jewish extremists that have turned Israel into what he calls the state of Judea, distinct from the old state of Israel. The state of Judea, run by fanatic Jewish colonists, 750,000 of whom live in the West Bank, fuses religious Zionism, with Orthodox Judaism. It seeks to establish an Israeli empire that will dominate its Arab neighbors, especially Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria. The hatred for Palestinians by those who run this neo-zionist state, the state of Judea, extends towards secular Israeli Jews. This, he argues, means that ultimately Israel will fracture, making Israel unsustainable. At the same time, as the American empire unravels, a process accelerated by the ineptitude and corruption of the Trump administration, Israel's fundamental pillar of support will erode, forcing retrenchment by the United States, including in the Middle East.

What will the collapse of Israel mean for Israelis, Palestinians, and the Middle East? Will it usher in a process of decolonization? Or will it foster even more violence, bloodletting, and extremism? Will it be
possible to replace Israel with a secular state, one where Palestinians have equal rights with Israelis, a
country of one person, one vote? Or will Israel atrophy into a despotic theocracy with its educated secular elite fleeing the country and its economy disintegrating under the onslaught?

Joining me to discuss the future of Israel and his book Israel On the Brink is Elon Pappe, professor of history at the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exiter in the UK and director of the university's European Center for Palestine Studies. His other books include the ethnic cleansing of
Palestine, 10 myths about Israel, and a history of modern Palestine.

-- Is Israel 'On the Brink?' (w/ Legendary Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé). The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel. Oct 29, 2025

Now, Stefanu also added that
Israel does not tolerate criticism and
wants to control everything.

Israel's ambassador has condemned these
statements calling them plain and simple
anti-semitism. Ambassador Orurin Analik
has said that Stefanu had crossed a line,
targeting a community on the basis of
identity.

As I dug into the history between Cyprus
and Zionism, I found a dark pattern of
manipulation and deceit, a story that
leaves a bitter taste every time it
resurfaces. Because Cyprus was never
just an island to Zionists. It was a
tool, a stepping stone in their march
toward domination, a place to exploit
before Palestine became the chosen
prize. Before I tell you about the
latest revolt against Israeli
encroachment through property grabs and
covert settlements, understand this.
Zionist history in Cyprus has always
been one of opportunism, of taking
without belonging, of using others as
ladders to climb toward power.

We have decided to sign a 5-year
bilateral defense cooperation with this
country. And we continue to work hand in
hand with the states committing that
genocide.

In the late 19th century, figures like
Theodore Herzl and the early Zionist
ideologues eyed Cyprus not as a home but
as a staging ground. They saw it as a
convenient base near Palestine, a
launchpad to advance their exclusionary
dream, treating the island not as a
sovereign land with its own people and
history, but as disposable real estate
to be bought, used, and discarded. The
records of those Zionist congresses make
it clear Cyprus was discussed,
dissected, and dismissed when the
greater conquest of Palestine came into
focus. Now, decades later, that history
is repeating itself, and Cypriot youth
know it. They've seen what Israel did to
Palestine, and they're saying, "Never
again." Protests have erupted across the
island, blocking Israeli ships and
torching some in acts of open defiance.
A fiery statement against the silent
infiltration that's been unfolding under
the banner of investment and
development. Reports suggest Israel even
deployed air defense systems in Cyprus,
allegedly to protect its assets. But in
truth, to prepare for any uprising that
could threaten its grip over the Cypriot
government. To save face, the
authorities moved swiftly, a Cypriot
court recently sentenced Israeli
businessman Shimon Aikut to 5 years in
prison for illegally developing Greek
Cypriot property in the Turkish held
north.

And in doing so
supposedly kind of secure the island
for themselves. This is what the agenda
is here.

And this is also why the last
two years have been reports of Cypress
being given as well uh Israeli defense
systems which I think were recently
confirmed as well. And I had noticed
this in the initial stages around uh
pretty much since the early days of 2024
when I found it alarming as to why
Cypress all of a sudden uh was
accumulating or being given Israeli air
defense systems. I was concerned as to
how what what exactly is the plan that
they're trying to prepare Cypress for.
What is Cypress going to be defending
itself against? Yes, there is an
occupation, but pretty there is a there
there's a there's a relative the
conflict is frozen. So, there's a
relative calm. There's a status quo to
all of a sudden be escalating air
defense systems from Israel inside of
Cyprus. It goes to show that there's an
agenda here as well. And the agenda that
they have for Cyprus is to expel Turkey
in order to limit Turkey's influence
within the region because Israel wants
to be the dominating influence in the
region.

And this fits part and parcel
with the greater Israel plan. The idea
is to expand and accumulate as much
territory as possible. I mean, this is
how colonialism operates. They want to
take vast territory. They want to
control Syria. This is why they're
occupying Syria at the moment. This is
why they're using the Dru. using the the
conflicts that have arisen after the the
the overthrow of Assad inside Syria in
order to be able to kind of uh you know
divide and conquer Syria in order to
probably bulcanize Syria or take control
of the vast territories of Syria again
fitting within the greater Israel plan.
And now they're trying to do the same
thing in Cyprus. And they're also trying
to do the same thing in Lebanon by
creating intersectionist or kind of
fueling the intersectionalist tensions
within Lebanon in order to basically
justify and provide pretext to
constantly um sort of militarily
intervene and occupy Lebanon which they
are occupying five key territories
inside of Lebanon and they are refusing
to leave.

Cyprus is now the next point
of contestation and it's going to be the
Cypriot public that is going to suffer
the cost because Turkey is a strong
military. This is a fact and even though
Israel itself is backed by the United
States etc. uh if there's going to be
any sort of tension that's going to be
created between Israel and Turkey and
using the Cypriot people as as bait
essentially this is going to completely
destroy the island and it's going to
it's going to bring about again the
tensions within the Cypriot population uh
and it's and and any sort of
attempt to liberate the island
from the north without any resolution
between the two communities and the
unfortunate bloody history that has
taken place is going to merely generate
more tensions within the public that
will then justify further imperialist
intervention on the island. Therefore,
forever depleting any opportunity for
this place to unify peacefully, but also
to be a sovereign independent state,
which is why Cypriots should be very
alarmed about what's happening. But the
vast majority of them, I don't think,
know, especially from a certain
generation upwards that may not be are
relying on Cypriots media to relay this
information to them, they are not aware
of the extent of the dangers in their
country.

I've seen certain reports, and by the way
uh you're quite right to point out that
size of uh Turkey Turkey's army is
formidable. It's the second largest army
in NATO by a significant margin over
every other uh European country. Um uh
I've seen reports of aite considerable
military buildup uh by the Turkish
forces in the north of Cypress in the
occupied part of Cypress. Are those
reports accurate and do we know the
extent of that buildup?

I I mean I believe those reports are
rather accurate because as I said um I
don't I I don't have I haven't seen any
other way to verify this is information
as well that I have seen come out of out
of the north uh in media outlets out of
the north. Um the criate media has
touched on it. Um so therefore I believe
that it is that this is currently
happening but this is part and parcel of
response to the current tensions that
are happening now between Israel and
Turkey and um because of Israel's as
I've said they're constantly in like
trying to integrate Cyprus into this
greater Israel project and but to do so
you do need to expel Turkey. Turkey
however itself has its own agenda in
Cyprus. I mean the entire reason that
they have occupied the north of Cypus
because it was part and parcel of a plan
that was laid out by President Johnson
from the United States uh in 1964. This
was really and this was a part of the
idea of appeasing both Greece and Turkey
at the time which were NATO states in
order to secure the eastern frontier
from the USSR. So the idea was to give
the north part of Cypress to Turkey
because it's essential for its own
surveillance and military security. This
is why the northern part of Cyprus is so
significant to Turkey as well. And
they're not about to just simply allow
Israel to infiltrate into the south and
try to so-called liberate or cause any
tensions that will threaten their own
security interests in the region, which
I said it's not just happening in Cypus.
We've also seen these tensions between
Turkey and Israel also take part
happening in Syria as well. And it's
also going to begin happening in
Lebanon because Turkey also has a vested
interest for its own military, its own
economic sort of ambitions within
Lebanon to have significant control over
the north of Lebanon, which again is
something that does not appease Israel.
But at the same time, I don't even think
it appeases the United States in many
ways because Turkey is a
very big country. It has a powerful
military. it is an important um uh it's
it's become one of the most if not the
most powerful sort of player in West
Asia and this threatens Israel but it
also threatens the United States who
wants to be the dominant party within
the region for economic purposes for uh
you know in order to be able to control
resources and trade routes etc. And
having a Turkey that is at this point
becoming far too powerful impedes on the
interests as well of western states.

So what we're going to see, I believe in
Cypress, is that we're going to see
Israel uh try to antagonize Turkey
through Cyprus, as we're seeing in
Syria as well.

The proof of state involvement came
shortly after when an Israeli newspaper
in classic fashion published an article
warning of security threats from Cyprus.
The piece written by Zionist commentator
Shay Gal outlined something far more
sinister, a plan called Poseidon's
wroth, which described how Israel could
dominate the Mediterranean using
military and naval power. Gal wrote that
Israel must be prepared to control
regional sea lanes and strike
preemptively under the guise of
self-defense, invoking Turkey's
nuclear projects as justification. The
language was clear. It wasn't analysis.
It was a threat. A message to Cyprus and
the wider region that Israel views them
as obstacles, not partners. Pawns in its
maritime ambitions.

This wasn't diplomacy. It was
imperialism dressed as strategy. Another
blueprint for domination hiding behind
security rhetoric.

Cyprus sits at the
heart of a geopolitical storm. Its
location makes it vital for energy
transit, for trade routes, for control
over the eastern Mediterranean. Israel
wants that control and projects like the
East Med pipeline and the Eastern
Mediterranean Gas Forum reveal its plan
to dominate regional energy flow to
deliver gas to Europe on its terms and
to exclude anyone who stands in its way,
particularly Turkey and the Turkish
Republic of Northern Cyprus. This is why
Cypress matters to Israel not as a
friend but as a piece of territory in
its vision of regional hegemony. It's
about pipelines, profit and power
disguised as cooperation.

Meanwhile, the
Greek Cypriot leadership weak and deeply
compromised has played straight into
Israel's hands. Plagued by
socio-economic instability, political
dependency and blind admiration for
western powers, Nikos Christodoulides
has turned Cyprus into the
weakest link in the eastern
Mediterranean. The alliance with Israel
and the United States, founded on
hostility toward Turks and built on the
logic of the enemy of my enemy is my
friend, has created a fragile, unholy
pact that now threatens to consume the
island.

The youth of Cyprus see this
betrayal clearly, and their revolt is
not just about land or ships. It's about
reclaiming their dignity from foreign
manipulation and refusing to let their
island become another porn in Israel's
endless pawn in Israel's endless game of colonization.

Thank you for watching. I truly
appreciate your time and courage to seek
the truth. Keep your support strong by
subscribing to the channel and sharing
this message far and wide. That's how we
keep honest journalism alive. That's how
we resist suppression. Until next time,
may justice prevail and may peace return
to those who fight for it. God bless
you.

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Northern Cyprus is also an Israeli problem. It is not Israel's role or desire to liberate Northern Cyprus. However, if the threat from the area reaches a critical threshold, Israel's strategic posture must shift. Israel, in coordination with Greece and Cyprus, must prepare a contingency operation for liberating the island's north.
by Shay Gal
Israel Hayom
Published on 07-29-2025 10:10 Last modified: 07-29-2025 10:10
https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/no ... i-problem/

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Turkish and Northern Cypriot flags. Photo: AP | Photo: AP

Cyprus recently marked the 51st anniversary of Turkey's 1974 invasion - a lasting trauma for Greek Cypriots. For decades, Israel treated this conflict as a distant Greek-Turkish issue, but must now clearly acknowledge: Northern Cyprus is not just a Greek-Cypriot problem - it is also an Israeli one. In practical terms, Northern Cyprus functions as an international no-man's land, enabling Turkey and terrorist groups like Hamas and Iran's Quds Force unrestricted operational freedom.

Since the invasion, which killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands, Turkey's presence has quietly transformed. The area is now a forward base for Turkey's military, hosting sophisticated weapons systems, cyber surveillance, and signals intelligence (SIGINT) infrastructure capable of intercepting both military and civilian Israeli communication, alongside covert terrorist facilities supported by Ankara. According to leaked intelligence documents, senior Turkish officials characterized Northern Cyprus as an ideal location "where anything can be done without interference by police or judicial oversight".

Turkey can deploy armed drones from Lefkoniko airfield - converted from an abandoned airport into a drone base amid regional gas disputes - far more rapidly than from its mainland bases. Since May 2021, Turkey officially stationed armed Bayraktar TB2 drones there, and more advanced Akinci UAVs were publicly showcased at a military parade in July 2024. These UAVs can rapidly target Israeli gas rigs, naval vessels, and strategic sites. In addition, Turkey's advanced ATMACA anti-ship missiles, with a range exceeding 200 km, could directly threaten Israeli maritime assets, including its critical natural gas platforms. Moreover, Turkey's new Typhoon ballistic missile is capable of precisely hitting targets up to 560 kilometers away. According to Western intelligence, missile bases in Kyrenia and Famagusta are already prepared for their deployment, posing Turkey's first direct ballistic threat to Israel, with the capability of striking Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa Bay.

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Northern Cyprus border. Photo: Ami Shooman

Meanwhile, the EU continues security cooperation with Ankara despite Turkey's occupation of EU territory - a contradiction undermining EU credibility and posing risks to Greece, Cyprus, and Israel as well. Ankara's aggressive foreign policy, marked by unlawful occupations, sanctions violations, and ties to extremist groups, aligns it with rogue regimes rather than NATO allies. Given NATO's requirement of unanimous consent and Turkey's strained relations within the alliance, Article 5 protection is unlikely even in unrelated conflicts, and practically impossible regarding Northern Cyprus, internationally recognized as Cypriot territory.

Yet the threat is not solely military. Lacking effective international oversight, the occupied area has become a hub for terrorism financing and money laundering, with Iranian and Turkish illicit funds flowing through shell companies to support Hamas and other terror groups. Documents seized during Operation "Guardian of the Walls" (2021) and "Iron Swords" (2023) in Gaza revealed Hamas's plans to establish an operational branch in Turkey and Northern Cyprus, tasked with carrying out attacks against Israelis in Europe. Furthermore, in 2023, a Quds Force cell uncovered in the region planned attacks against Israeli targets in Europe. This Iranian cell underscores Northern Cyprus's status as a safe haven for anti-Israel operations. Thus, Turkish control over Northern Cyprus enables Turkey and Iran to bypass sanctions and escalate their strategic threat against Israel. Moreover, hotels, casinos, universities, and ports in Northern Cyprus have reportedly become covert hubs for espionage, blackmail, and intelligence operations coordinated by Turkish security forces and organized crime networks, including 'honey trap' operations targeting international officials.

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Northern Cyprus. Photo: Moshe Shai

It is not Israel's role or desire to liberate Northern Cyprus. However, if the threat from the area reaches a critical threshold, Israel's strategic posture must shift. Israel, in coordination with Greece and Cyprus, must prepare a contingency operation for liberating the island's north. Such an operation would neutralize Turkish reinforcement capabilities from the mainland, eliminate air-defense systems in Northern Cyprus, destroy intelligence and command centers, and finally remove Turkish forces, restoring internationally recognized Cypriot sovereignty.

This contingency plan could be termed "Poseidon's Wrath," named after the Greek god of the sea, highlighting maritime dominance and the devastating consequences of a worst-case scenario. The name underscores Israel's focus on safeguarding strategic maritime assets and maintaining open sea lanes critical for regional security. This would remain a contingency plan: Israel does not seek confrontation but must remain fully prepared. The Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear infrastructure, previously regarded as a highly unlikely scenario, was eventually executed. Turkey, currently constructing the problematic Akkuyu nuclear plant on its Mediterranean coast - a project Russia is quickly abandoning due to recognized risks - should internalize this lesson.

Shay Gal is an expert on international politics, crisis management, and strategic communications. He works internationally, focusing on power dynamics, geopolitical strategy, and public diplomacy, and their influence on policy-making.