ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU SAYS ON TÜRKIYE THAT ‘I HOPE WE DON’T REACH A DIRECT CONFRONTATION WITH TÜRKIYE’, ADDING ‘THAT IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO AVOID’.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes Israel does not reach a direct confrontation with Türkiye and stated that avoiding such an outcome is his objective. The remarks signal an effort to de-escalate rhetoric between two regional powers, which may ease near-term geopolitical risk premia on Israeli assets and in the broader Eastern Mediterranean. The most exposed instruments are Israeli sovereign bonds and the shekel, where spreads and FX tend to react to perceived security risk, as well as Turkish lira assets and Turkish sovereign CDS, which are sensitive to regional escalation. Traders should watch for any official follow-up from Ankara and Israeli cabinet statements in the coming sessions, as a clear shift in military posture would likely reprice these risk premia faster than the verbal signals themselves.

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