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ISTANBUL
Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh praised Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s help for the Palestinian trigger on Saturday.
“President Erdogan’s assertion throughout the the Justice and Improvement Occasion’s (AK Occasion) group assembly the place he described Hamas because the Nationwide liberation motion and likened it to the Kuvayi-Milliye (Nationwide Forces), is undoubtedly a supply of delight for us and the Palestinian folks,” Haniyeh informed Anadolu in an unique interview, following his assembly with Erdogan in Istanbul.
Erdogan had stated within the get together’s group assembly: “Hamas is what Kuvayi Milliye (Nationwide Forces lively throughout the Turkish Warfare of Independence between 1918 – 1921) was in Türkiye throughout the Nationwide Wrestle. We positively know that saying this may include a value.”
Haniyeh stated: “Hamas is a motion that resists to liberate our lands, sacred values, and other people from historic occupation.”
Highlighting Türkiye’s historic ties to the Palestinian trigger attributable to its regional and Islamic place, Haniyeh stated Erdogan’s remarks replicate the conscience of the Turkish folks, who contemplate the Palestinian trigger as their very own, empathize with Gaza from a humanitarian perspective and stand in opposition to oppression.
He underlined the necessity to unite efforts to cease the assaults of the Zionists, who stay standing with US help.
Haniyeh praised Erdogan and the Turkish folks’s mental, historic and political stance on the Palestinian trigger.
“We nonetheless bear in mind President Erdogan lifting the map of Palestine throughout his speech on the UN and explaining how Palestine was steadily occupied in response to Shimon Peres,” he stated. “We intently monitor Türkiye’s place within the area, its regional and worldwide insurance policies, and its stance on the Palestinian trigger and Gaza with nice significance.”
“We nonetheless bear in mind how the Turkish folks sacrificed martyrs on the Mavi Marmara for the lifting of the blockade in Gaza,” Haniyeh stated, including that Türkiye maintains a constant stance on the Palestinian trigger and the Gaza blockade.
“Throughout our assembly with Erdogan, we mentioned the selections taken relating to industrial restrictions on Israel and their results on industrial exercise,” he stated.
“This is a vital step in opposition to the Zionist enemies who shed the blood of ladies, youngsters, and aged Palestinians in assaults on Gaza, threaten Rafah with land assaults, and disrespect Muslim holy websites, particularly Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem,” he added.
*Writing by Esra Tekin and Zehra Nur Düz
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