Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard suggests Egypt and Turkey are next targets for war

Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard suggests Egypt and Turkey are next targets for war Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/28/2026 - 10:03 Israeli-American says 'I'm not so sure that we will have as easy a time with the Turks as we've had with the Iranians' Jonathan Pollard speaks during a funeral in Jerusalem on 6 May 2021 (Menahem Kahana/AFP) Off Israeli-American spy Jonathan Pollard has suggested Israel may attack Egypt and Turkey in the near future. Speaking on a podcast for news outlet Arutz Sheva, Pollard suggested Israel would need to prepare for further wars in the Middle East after Iran . "I'm not so sure that we will have as easy a time with the Turks as we've had with the Iranians," he said. "We have to be prepared for the next war, which will probably be against Turkey and Egypt. The storm is coming." He also warned against Israel allowing the Turkish-backed transitional government in Syria to reclaim areas in the south that are occupied by Israeli forces, saying it would effectively leave them with the "Turks on our border". Pollard spent 30 years in prison for selling US secrets to Israel in 1984, and left the US for Israel after his release in 2015. Since moving to Israel and acquiring citizenship, Pollard has been a supporter and friend of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and has backed calls for the ethnic cleansing of occupied Palestine . Both Egypt and Turkey have enjoyed cordial relations with Israel for decades, but these have become increasingly strained in recent years over the genocide in Gaza . Turkey was the first Muslim-majority country to recognise the State of Israel in 1949, and the two countries have maintained solid security an...

Original source: Middle East Eye