Are Israel And Turkey Gearing Up For War? (S01E51)

badlands podcast by borzou daragahi · Apr 16, 2026 · 18m

Thursday, April 16, 2026, Istanbul

With a shaky US-enforced ceasefire in its war against Iran, ongoing fighting in Lebanon, and continued violence against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, you would think Israel has enough on its plate.

Apparently not. For some reason, Israel and its assets in the US have decided this is the right moment to also pick a fight with Turkey, a NATO member that boasts the alliance’s second largest army and hosts US nuclear weapons.

Turkey-based US analyst Sophie Fullerton, a lecturer at New York’s Fordham University, says Israel and its signal-boosters in…