Likud minister says Turkey and Syria 'far more concerning than Iran' An  Israeli  minister from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party said that  Turkey  and  Syria  are "far more concerning than Iran," claiming that there is a "Muslim Brotherhood axis". Speaking at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli said: "Turkiye of Erdogan and Syria of al-Sharaa are now far more concerning than Iran." He added that "the era of Shiite empire of Iran, Assad's Syria and Hezbollah is over". "The new axis is the Muslim Brotherhood axis of Erdogan's Turkiye, Syria and Qatar," Chikli said.