There are no two Arduans. Stop deluding ourselves. There is only one Erdogan, and he emerged again yesterday from the darkness. If the Turkish president insists, even after the Nazi massacre of Hamas in the envelope, that it is not a terrorist organization, then the Muslim leader who only a few months ago was still courting us (in order to pave the way to the heart of the United States) is a de facto supporter of terrorism.
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Erdogan has been the patron and defender of the Muslim Brotherhood for years. The Turkish president does not let go of the idea of renewing the Ottoman Empire and the Islamic Caliphate, and especially apparently suffers from an irreversible madness of grandeur, and sees himself as the successor of Saladin and Sultan Suleiman.
The relationship between Erdogan and Hamas is longstanding. Turkish president and murderer Saleh Arouri, who is linked to the October 7 massacre, are old acquaintances. Arouri, currently Nasrallah's guest, and the group of "Shalit deportees," along with many senior Hamas figures, have enjoyed a luxurious hostel in Erdogan's Turkey for many years. Some were naturalized there. Some of them planned and directed terror from there. Turkey and Erdogan have long avoided dealing with them and distancing them from their land.
Senior Hamas figure Saleh al-Arouri, a longtime acquaintance of Erdogan, photo: AFP
Hamas Turkey in action
From Turkish soil, Arouri claimed responsibility for the abduction and murder of the three youths. From Turkish soil, Husam Badran, released in the Gilad Shalit deal, transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars to finance the activities of a terrorist network in Nablus. On Turkish soil, Musa al-Akari, Zahad Jabarin, Salameh Mar'i, Jihad Yaghmour, Abd al-Rahman Ranimat, Kamal Awad, Abdel Hakim Hanani, Mahmoud Atwan and dozens of others have been or are hosted – all senior Hamas figures, current or former heavy terrorists and/or those belonging to the organization, with or without blood on their hands.
Erdogan's Turkey, which does not regard Hamas as a terrorist organization, directed attacks that were thwarted at the Malha Mall and the central bus station in Jerusalem, at Teddy Stadium, on the light rail in the capital, Be'er Sheva and at the Tel Hashomer base. Hamas, Turkey, planned to carry out a coup against the PA in Judea and Samaria. Hamas and Turkey channeled money to Hamas, Judea and Samaria and Gaza. The murder of the Henkins in 2015 was also directed from Turkey.
Murder directed from Turkish soil. The couple Eitam and Naama Henkin z"l with their children, photo: Doron First
On Turkish soil, courses and seminars were held for Hamas operatives. Hamas Turkey also planned to assassinate Nir Barkat, Roni Alsheikh and Yehuda Glick, and quite a few terrorist infrastructures in Judea and Samaria were assisted by the organization's operatives who were sheltered by Erdogan.Maher Saleh, formerly defined as Hamas leader abroad, has been a guest at incitement conferences held in Turkey over the years.
In one, a few years ago, he addressed Prime Minister Netanyahu directly and promised: "The end of your country is gone, the end of your kingdom is depleted. I promise him [Netanyahu] that his country will not get to celebrate a hundred years." His host, the Turkish president, also often slipped into Hamas terminology by using the infamous Hadith of "Trees and Stones," quoted in the Hamas charter calling for the destruction of Israel.
From the meeting between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority with Erdogan, photo: AFP
He deals with the Muslims' "doomsday war" against the Jews: "The stones and trees will say: 'Oh, Muslim, he is 'Abd Allah. A Jew is hiding behind me, come and kill him." Erdogan warned: "Those who think of themselves as the landlords of Jews will not be able to find a tree to hide behind." Yesterday, he came back.
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