Meanwhile, the U.S. still officially classifies Hamas as a terrorist group. Either the U.S. or Turkey is eventually going to change its stance on this. It is likely to be the U.S.
“Erdoğan: Hamas is a resistance group that is defending its lands,” A News, September 25,2024:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday that he does not consider Hamas a terrorist organization but a resistance group defending its lands.
“From 1947 until today, Palestine has been losing a lot of territory,” Erdoğan said in an interview with U.S.-based NBC News.
“There are those who criticize you, Türkiye, for providing a home for Hamas, who the US say are terrorists, and you say that you are opposed to terrorism,” said host Keir Simmons.
“We are, of course, against terrorists,” said Erdoğan.
“But I am one of the leaders who is very familiar with Hamas, and I’ve never called Hamas a terrorist organization, and I don’t approach Hamas as a terrorist organization now because Hamas is making efforts to protect their motherland,” Erdoğan added.
“Because Hamas is a resistance group that strives to protect its lands. Therefore, how can I call such a resistance group a terrorist organization?” he said….
somehistory says
If they were Hindus, Jews, or Christians fighting mozlums to ‘keep/protect their mother land,” the hideous mozlum snake would call them “terrorists.”
hamas is trying to destroy the Jews and steal the Land of Israel. This dictator snake wants to do the same thing.
Ty Alder says
Just google “Israel is only the first..”
࿗Infidel࿘ says
If Kamala gets elected, it’s the US that’s gonna change its stance on this. If it’s Trump, the alliance b/w the 2 will come apart this time, if it didn’t last time
Walter Sieruk says
When Tayyip Erdogan said that “Hamas is a resistance group that strives to protect its land.” Erdogan was really exposing his own ignorance of history and other subjects related to that land.
The reasons why this is so is because it’s an outright lie that there are is such a things a “Palestinian people.” Those so called “Palestinians” are Arabs. Likewise, the “Palestine flag” is a bogus flag.
The explain this in a more detailed way, history reveals that the ancient Philistines recorded in the Bible and history reveals the people who came from the Greek Islands and some parts of the mainland Greece. They have no connection, at all, the to the Arab /Muslim of modern times who called themselves the “Palestinians.”
From those ancient people, the Philistines, the word “Palestine” .came into being.
There is no genuine ethic group or race who are the “Palestinians.”
Early in the last century a anyone living in that land, Arab or Jew, who lived in that land was called a ”Palestinian.”
Only after 1964 did the Arab/Muslims start to refer to themselves , exclusively , by the word “Palestinian.”
The reason for that is that they felt that by giving themselves that title they would appear to have some kind of valid claim on that land.
Indeed , there never was a “Palestinian state.”
Alena says
But I am one of the leaders who is very familiar with Jews, and I’ve never called Israel a settler Nation, and I don’t think Israel is conducting a war now because Jews are making efforts to protect their motherland,” Erdoğan added.
Walter Sieruk says
Tayyip Erdogan had said that “Hamas is a resistance group that strives to protect its land.” Erdogan by by saying that statement revealed that he’s in total denial of the reality of the truth ,which is that Hamas with it’s Muslim terrorist murderers are so very that there is absolutely no limits to the vile, heinous horrifically evils that the jihadists of Hamas will commit because of because of their demonic and malice-filled religion that is Islam.
Furthermore, when uttered that fool statement ,he was ignoring that claim that they respect the Bible.
The fact is that the Bible reveals that God had given all this land that now composes the State of Israel, including all of the West Bank, to the Jewish people. This may be found in the Bible, as seen in, for example, Genesis 28:13-15. 35:10-12. Deuteronomy 32:48,49. Psalm 105:7-11. 135:4.
In other words, that the Jews have all this land by Divine Right. Furthermore, the Jewish people should have this land by historic rights as shown in First Kings 4:20,21, 24,25. 8:55, 56.
In fact, God loves Israel. He loves her so much that He views Israel as His “special treasure.” Psalm 135:4. [N.K.J.V.]
Mike says
Err-Dog-Ant probably thinks that I.S. are noble resistance fighters who were justified in massacring many civilians in France, UK, Syria and elsewhere.
Err-Dog-Ant is a very pathetic, teeny-tiny, sad, Islamofascist terrorist supporter who is a disgrace to Turkiye.
Tony Rice says
ERDOGAN is a pathetic wanderer to all capitals of the earth in the delusion he has influence and power.
Kosh's Shadow says
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party fits this better, as the Kurds do have an identity and tribal lands.
But Erdogan considers them terrorists
The Istanbulian says
Sure sounds like the pkk & ypg. They’ve been trying since 1923. I guess they have seniority…
Palestinians on the other hand get to govern themselves and speak their native albeit colonial tongue.
The istanbulian says
Would tayyip be so generous if it were the ottomans still running things? He had no problem with Turks ruling the Arabs and the region and consider those same Arabs to have stabbed them in the back
OLD GUY says
Under Erdogan Turkey is NOT a friend of the west and should be removed from NATO.
bagsgroove says
When will Errdogan admit to Turkey’s genocide of the armenian people.