We are all in the crosshairs

In our world, in which the global organization "Terrorists Without Borders" plays such a prominent role, a bombing in Turkey can easily turn into a bombing against Israelis.

We have grown familiar with this cancerous disease of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, which afflicts not only Israelis but the entire planet. In the name of morality people try to understand these murderers, and speak of compassion. Compassion? It should first and foremost be shown to the victims.

Perhaps as if to illustrate the indefatigable nature of these terrorists today, in Europe in particular but across the globe in general, the sixth bombing in Turkey occurred. The first was in July 2015 in the town of Suruc, near the border with Syria, shortly after Turkey declared war on Islamic State and the Kurdish PKK.

While in the wake of these terrorist attacks some in the West want to understand, listen and accept the claims of the oppressed with "no other option" than terrorism, civilians in Syria, France, Belgium, the United States and other places justifiably want and deserve to live in peace and security.

Although Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made life extremely difficult for us since launching his diplomatic onslaught against Israel in Davos in 2009, we are in this fight against terrorism together. Moreover, the bombing in Istanbul will undoubtedly expedite the process of reconciliation between Ankara and Jerusalem.

Erdogan, however, needs to understand that his ambivalence towards IS and an independent Kurdish state has contributed to the situation in his country. Ankara is paying the price for the double game it has played. On one hand it is a member of NATO, and on the other it used IS to weaken the Kurds. The result: It now has a front against both IS and the Kurds.

For terrorists, Turkey is now one of the most preferred targets in the world. Not only tourists love going to Turkey, terrorists do as well. Ankara has rightly decided to intensify its response. As such, it has chosen rapprochement with its NATO allies and the EU, and even with Israel. This is the only way to defeat terror. Both IS and the PKK want to pressure Turkey. For IS, Turkey is fertile ground for the expansion of its war in Syria and Iraq. Through terrorist attacks, the PKK wants to pressure Turkey to stop its campaign against the Kurds. Ankara is projecting the exact opposite intention: It will not succumb to terror. This has only motivated the terrorists to persist even further.

In Belgium, meanwhile, the arrest of the terrorist Salah Abdeslam doesn't signal the end of the investigation into the Paris terrorist attacks, but the beginning of real progress, which will eventually lead to the identities of his comrades still running free.

The problem with terrorism is that it never goes on strike or takes a respite. As if to mirror "Doctors without Borders," "Journalists Without Borders," and the like, terrorism has produced "Terror Without Borders." Thus, while Paris and Brussels were celebrating Abdeslam's arrest along with U.S. President Barack "there is no such thing as Islamic terror" Obama, Turkey suffered another attack and is projecting the only worthy response: war without borders. Turkey, like France and Belgium, has perhaps understood the hard way that you must fight terror, not flirt with it. There is only one answer to "terrorism without borders," and that is "war without borders."

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