Mediation initiatives, Türkiye The trials tried since the beginning of the conflict have ended. The Turkish president’s measured words and calls for dialogue, Recep Tayyip Erdoganhe shouted, falling behind. This Wednesday, Erdoğan went on a verbal attack.
“Hamas is not a terrorist organizationbut a group mujahideen -Warriors of the Islamic faith fighting for liberation [de Palestina] and the security of its territory and citizens,” the president said this Wednesday before the parliamentary group. Ankara.
Erdogan objected with a very harsh speech IsraelHe tried to create a political profile for more conservative and Islamist segments Erdogan and his party remained on the sidelines in the country, which has organized various demonstrations against Israel in recent weeks. Not like that. The Turkish president and his party organized a meeting for this Saturday. Big rally in Istanbul In favor of the Palestinian cause.
“We have goodwill [con Israel]but they abused it. We had a project to go to, I was going to travel there in the future. But now everything is cancelled. It is cancelled. This will no longer happen because Israel has abused our good will. Israel! We warn you: do not touch Palestinian children “With your warplanes spewing bombs through the clouds,” Erdogan said on Wednesday.
Rebuilding relationships
In December last year, after more than one ten years of broken relationshipsAfter Erdogan’s government toned down its anti-Israel rhetoric due to Turkey’s severe economic crisis and need for foreign money inflow, Turkey and Israel reinstated their respective ambassadors in an attempt to bury the hatchets.
However, the rapprochement lasted for less than a year. Turkey is overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian, and according to experts, Erdogan cannot afford to maintain this stance as local elections approach. equidistant position Between Israel and Hamas, whose political leadership is in Turkey. However, the Anatolian country’s press assured this week that Ankara had asked the leader of the political arm of the organization to ask: Ismail Haniyato leave the country.