Turkey will only support the Palestinians from afar. Less than two weeks after October 7, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated about Turkey’s rejection of Palestinian refugees: “We reject the policy of Palestinians’ being removed from their homes in Gaza and exiled into Egypt. We are fully against it and stand with Egypt.”
Turkey and other supporting Islamic states consider the Palestinians to have a mission to lead the “resistance” from the River to the Sea.
So while Turkey will not accept Palestinians as refugees or condemn Hamas for using the Palestinians as human shields, it is now exempting the Palestinian territories from its trade ban against Israel, while also leading a multinational call to the UN for an arms embargo on Israel. Canada, Netherlands, Japan, Spain and Belgium have stopped supplying arms to Israel. And more recently, France has called for an arms embargo on Israel.
Turkey is a primary supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, along with Qatar. Hamas is a Muslim Brotherhood offshoot which both countries fully support against the Jewish state.
Mainstream Islamic countries have been brazen about their support for Hamas and their antagonism toward Israel. But most Western countries have not shown any resolve in support of Israel that remotely matches that of Islamic countries toward Hamas.
Turkey has taken steps to close a loophole that has allowed Turkish businesses to bypass its trade embargo on Israel by delivering goods to occupied Palestine, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Middle East Eye.
Ankara suspended its $8bn bilateral trade with Israel in May in response to Israel’s war on Gaza. This has led Turkish companies to use third countries, such as Greece, to ship goods to Israel.
One increasingly exploited route was through Palestine. In September, MEE reported that businesses were creating documents indicating Palestine as the final destination for goods.
However, after docking at Israeli ports like Ashdod, the goods would be diverted to Israeli buyers, facilitated by Palestinian intermediaries….
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Why are Netherlands & Japan countries participating in this embargo? Wilders has been supportive of Israel, he should force his government to support Israel, just like the US does
Also, why is Japan like one of the sheep when it comes to Israel? The 2 countries have absolutely no reason not to be on the same page
SC says
Wilders was cheated out of his earned authority by lefty manipulation as always. Sooner or later a cleansing will happen and de louse the corruption in the worlds national governments.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
He was denied the prime minister post. But despite that, any Dutch government needs the support of the PVV. So why doesn’t the PVV just force the government to openly & officially support Israel, threatening a withdrawal of support if it refuses?
gravenimage says
+1
SC says
Erdogan is doing whatever is needed to ensure Turkey appears in the mix. Other than being a bully to his own people he is a self aggrandising retard. Without Islam and the Army backing him up he would have been asassinated years ago by his own people. And deservedly so.
GE says
+💯
Skeptiker says
Erschreckend zu erfahren, welche Regierungen sich feige vor dem radikalen Islam wegducken und Israel die uneingeschränkte Solidarität verweigern. Das wird uns alle hier im Westen, die in Freiheit, mit Rechtsstaatlichkeit, Demokratie und Aufklärung aufgewachsen sind, noch ganz übel auf die Füße fallen. Wer sich jetzt nicht eindeutig positioniert, verspielt unser aller Zukunft ohne Tyrannei und Diktatur leben zu müssen.