Netanyahu is publicly pressuring the US to block weapons sales to Turkey and treat the NATO ally as an enemy — a dangerous escalation aimed at protecting Israel's regional dominance.

• Netanyahu asked Trump to stop selling Turkey F-35 jets and engines, and went on Fox News to build the case against Turkey.
• The pitch leans on false or exaggerated claims — that Turkey chants "death to America," that Cyprus is a NATO country, and that Turkey wants to wipe out Israel.
• The real motive is that Turkey, the second-largest military in NATO, is a rival to Israel's dominance in the region, much like Iran was.
• Turkey's only real link to Hamas came through US-requested peace talks, yet it is being painted as a terror sponsor — while Israel itself helped fund Hamas through Qatar.
• The bigger frame: Israel is trying to turn America against its own ally, and friendly US media outlets are echoing the message without pushback.

Outlook: Trump and Erdogan are set to discuss Turkey rejoining the F-35 program at the NATO summit in Ankara this week, which will test how far Netanyahu's lobbying goes.