Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Erdoğan vows to defend Palestinian cause against all odds

from Daily Sabah

Speaking at his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) parliamentary meeting, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday vowed to defend the Palestinian cause "even if I am left alone."

Erdoğan has harshly criticized Israel and accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of committing a "massacre” since the latter launched a deadly military offensive on the Gaza Strip after an Oct. 7 cross-border attack led by Palestinian resistance group Hamas in which some 1,200 Israelis were killed.

Likening Hamas to the patriots who fought for Türkiye’s independence after World War One, Erdoğan said, “We are aware of the cost of saying this out loud but the world must know this truth.

“I will fight for the Palestinian cause and be the voice of Palestinians even if I am left alone,” Erdoğan declared.

His government maintains links with Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip. Unlike some European countries and the United States, Türkiye does not classify Hamas as a terrorist organization...

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1 comment:

  1. Pay no heed any pompous pronouncements coming from Senor Horns of Horus!
    Just miffed at being swept off the world's news front pages these past months, he is.
    Remember, this is the same slug who signed the last 2 hopeful entrants' paperwork for nato approval so quickly it created a sonic boom as it flew across his desk.

    Barely time to stamp it with the regal imprimatur:
    http://www.islamedianalysis.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/erdogan-turk-flag-devil-horns.jpg
    Fasterer than u can say "sh!t thru a goose", you might say!


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