ISTANBUL, April 21 — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Palestinians to unite amid Israel’s war in Gaza following hours-long talks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Palestinians to unite amid Israel ’s war in Gaza following hours-long talks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul yesterday, his office said. — Reuters pic/Turkish Presidential Press Office handoutISTANBUL, April 21 — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Palestinians to unite amid Israel ’s war in Gaza following hours-long talks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul yesterday, his office said.
“The strongest response to Israel and the path to victory lie in unity and integrity,” Erdogan said, according to a Turkish presidency statement.Hamas — designated a terrorist organisation by the United States, the European Union and Israel — is a rival of the Fatah faction that rules the semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank.
“I will continue as long as God gives me my life, to defend the Palestinian struggle and to be the voice of the oppressed Palestinian people,” the president said Wednesday when he announced Haniyeh’s visit. Erdogan also met with Shoukry late Saturday, the Turkish Presidency said in a statement, where he said it was “essential for Islamic countries to work together” to “prevent the entire region from falling into a spiral of conflict”.
But Erdogan can only expect a “very limited” role because of his outspoken condemnation of Israel and its actions in Gaza, according to Ciddi.
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