Reuters: Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas is not terrorist organisation, cancels trip to Israel
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands.
NATO member Turkey condemned the civilian deaths caused by Hamas's Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel, but also urged Israeli forces to act with restraint in their response. Ankara has strongly criticised Israel's bombardment of Gaza.
"Hamas is not a terrorist organisation, it is a liberation group, 'mujahideen' waging a battle to protect its lands and people," he told lawmakers from his ruling AK Party, using an Arabic word denoting those who fight for their faith.
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WNU Editor: So much for reports a few days ago that Erdogan was positioning himself to be a mediator .... Eying Gaza mediator role, Turkey cools Hamas ties, Erdogan restrains rhetoric (Al-Monitor).
Update: Israel has responded to Turkish President Erdogan's remarks .... IDF responds to Erdogan: What Hamas did is worse than terror (Jerusalem Post).
Turkish President Condemns Israel. Says Hamas Are A Group Of Freedom/ Mujahideen Warriors
Hamas 'are not terrorists' says Turkey's President Erdogan -- Euronews
Erdogan says cancelling plans to visit Israel -- France 24
Turkey’s Erdogan scraps Israel trip over ‘inhumane’ Gaza war -- Al Jazeera
Mediator no more: Erdoğan takes aim at Israel, backing Hamas ‘freedom’ fighters -- Politico
7 comments:
He is in the know, and as the situation has developed he now knows the Israelis and Americans are going to attack.
No sense being a mediator, when there will be no peace.
Hes a waste of oxygen
Erdogan has lost any chance of ever being liked by the israelies.
Which is the only value of a goy, of course.
The ruler of Anatolia need not fear the stinking larper frauds--The chinese accept pistachios.
What does that make the Kurd Freedom Fighters?
You too
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