Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called the Israeli raid on the Mava Marmaris 'murder conducted by a state'. Photograph: Umit Bektas/ReutersTurkey Is Calling For A Jihad Against Israel -- Joshua Teitelbaum, The Guardian
Erdogan's bellicose support for the flotilla has sacrificed Israeli relations in the service of retrograde east-facing aspirations.
Support for Turkey is at an all-time high in the Arab world. The last time Turkish flags were carried through the streets of Middle Eastern capitals was during the first world war, as people took to the streets in continued support for the Ottoman sultan-caliph against the western entente powers. The sultan-caliph had proclaimed a jihad. Thanks to Turkish government support of a blockade-running mission led by a group of Hamas sympathisers, they are flying once again. No ruling Arab leader is as popular as the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose discourse amounts to calls for a jihad against Israel.
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