{"id":182961,"date":"2023-10-25T22:41:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=182961"},"modified":"2023-10-25T22:41:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:41:50","slug":"erdogan-claims-hamas-are-not-terrorists-as-he-cancels-israel-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/erdogan-claims-hamas-are-not-terrorists-as-he-cancels-israel-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Erdogan claims Hamas are not terrorists as he cancels Israel visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan claims Hamas are not terrorists but a &#8216;liberation group&#8217; as he cancels his visit to Israel<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Turkey&#8217;s president Erdogan\u00a0says Hamas fighting to protect Palestinian lands<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan yesterday claimed Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a &#8216;liberation group&#8217; as he cancelled his planned visit to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>He said Hamas was fighting to protect Palestinian lands and accused the West of &#8216;adding fuel to fire&#8217;. Cancelling his trip, he condemned the &#8216;massacre and destruction&#8217; in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>It signals a U-turn from Turkey&#8217;s recent efforts to improve relations with the West. Earlier this week, Mr Erdogan dropped his long-held objection to Sweden joining Nato by submitting its bid to parliament for ratification.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, he told lawmakers from his ruling AK Party: &#8216;Hamas is not a terrorist organisation, it is a liberation group, &#8220;mujahideen&#8221; waging a battle to protect its lands and people.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/22\/77004935-12672999-image-a-95_1698270122980.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan (pictured) yesterday claimed Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a &#8216;liberation group&#8217; as he cancelled his planned visit to Israel<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/22\/77004929-12672999-image-a-96_1698270134976.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Armed men from the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, participate in a military parade in Gaza City<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The perpetrators of the massacre and the destruction taking place in Gaza are those providing unlimited support for Israel. Israel&#8217;s attacks on Gaza, for itself and those supporting them, amount to murder and mental illness.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of his first meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at a UN summit last month, he said: &#8216;If he had continued with good intentions, our relations might have been different, but now that will not happen because they took advantage of our good intentions.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>After Hamas&#8217;s attack on October 7, Mr Erdogan initially took a measured response, condemning the group for its actions and urging Israel to act with restraint in its response.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s foreign ministry spokesman Lior Haiat said: &#8216;Even the Turkish president&#8217;s attempt to defend the terrorist organisation and his inciting words will not change the horrors that the whole world has seen.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12672999\/Turkish-President-Tayyip-Erdogan-claims-Hamas-not-terrorists-liberation-group-cancels-visit-Israel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan claims Hamas are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":182960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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