Posted on 07/18/2014 9:00:47 PM PDT by Star Traveler
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday slammed Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as an “illegitimate tyrant” and said Cairo could not be relied upon to negotiate a truce with Israel.
"Is Sisi a party (to a ceasefire)? Sisi is a tyrant himself," Erdogan was quoted by the AFP news agency as having told reporters.
"He is not different from the others," he said, adding that it was Egypt's current rulers who were blocking humanitarian aid channels to Gaza.
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri responded and said Erdogan's comments were "unacceptable".
"They have no link with the events in Gaza and do not help in the protection of the people of Gaza," Shoukri said at a news conference in Cairo with his Italian counterpart Federica Mogherini.
Erdogan should rather push all the concerned parties for a ceasefire in Gaza, said Shoukri.
Erdogan, who portrays himself as the global Muslim leader who speaks up for Palestinian Arab rights, said supporting an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire would mean legitimizing the administration in Egypt.
"Egypt is not a party ... They are trying to legitimize (the Sisi administration) in Egypt. It is not a legitimate administration. It is illegitimate," he said, lashing out at Israeli attempts to exclude Hamas.
"Hamas is a party there," declared Erdogan.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Here’s a running account of news reports related to these recent events with Israel and Hamas. If you want to catch up on the news accounts ... they are here ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/stisraelhamas/index
It’s listed from newest to oldest, so go to the bottom to start.
Turkey used to be the model of a secularized, modernizing Muslim state. Now, it is slowly being taken over by Muslim extremists. Ataturk must be rolling in in his grave.
I thought Erdogen was in trouble at home due to corruption?..
I think he got past that ...
Too bad,
“All these demands were raised by the Hamas military wing two days after Israel began Operation Protective Edge, and repeated interminably ever since.”
Sounds like Hamas wants a “Comprehensive Peace Package” rather than a cease fire to allow people to get to safety (and for them to re-arm).
That was their call and Egypt was right to broker the way they did.
Typically you assume a homogenized religion that is not now or ever was uniform. That assumption is de rigor on Free Republic but is very incorrect.
To compound the assumption of a homogenized religion, you assume a homogenized ethnicity resulting from the common religion.
> “Is Sisi a party (to a ceasefire)? Sisi is a tyrant himself,” Erdogan was quoted by the AFP news agency as having told reporters.
Katz Hits Back at Erdogan: What About the Armenian Genocide?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3182320/posts
You assume way too much about my assumptions.
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