The US Treasury's top terrorism financing official conveyed Washington's 'profound' alarm about Ankara's past relations with Hamas during a visit to Turkey this week

The US Treasury’s top terrorism financing official conveyed Washington’s ‘profound’ alarm about Ankara’s past relations with Hamas during a visit to Turkey this week

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to cut ties with Hamas under US pressure in the wake of the terror group’s attacks on Israel.

“First of all, Hamas is a reality of Palestine, it is a political party there and it entered the elections as a political party and won,” Erdogan said in remarks released by his office.

The US Treasury’s top terrorism financing official conveyed Washington’s “profound” alarm about Ankara’s past relations with Hamas during a visit to Turkey this week.

    • GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      10 months ago

      Why, they did the same for South Africa, and labeled the guy resisting apartheid a terrorist.

  • dumdum666@kbin.social
    93·
    10 months ago

    Yeah - PKK also belongs to Turkey and is the legitimate opposition for the oppressed Kurdish people… is it not? You guys should support the Europe wide re-legalization of PKK then.

  • lir@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    10 months ago

    Everywhere I look, no one is buying Zionist propaganda anymore, except diehards