Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will depart for Turkey on Wednesday to meet directly with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on how best to support Hamas, a jihadist terrorist organization that carries out human rights atrocities against Israel. It's planned.
Iran is one of the world's leading state sponsors of terrorism, and is the largest financial and ideological supporter of Hamas, the Gaza-based Sunni terrorist organization that committed unprecedented atrocities against Israeli citizens on October 7th. I am a person. President Erdogan, an avowed Islamist, has repeatedly expressed his support. Hamas publicly denies being a “terrorist organization” and says its “resistance” against Israel in the form of infanticide, mass rape, mass slaughter of civilians in their homes, and other crimes against humanity is legitimate. he claimed.
Both Iran and Turkey celebrated the October 7 attack, with massive street parties in Tehran accompanied by chants of “Death to America” and in Ankara with more than a million people said to have attended. A large Palestinian rally was held.
Just before taking off for Ankara on Wednesday, Raisi reportedly praised the “common position of Iran and Turkey” on Hamas and said he would oppose Israeli self-defense operations against terrorists in the Gaza Strip in talks with Erdogan. He emphasized that he would focus on
“One of the important issues that worries all Muslims and awakens people around the world is the Palestine issue,” Raisi said, according to Iran's state news agency. to support the resistance of Palestinians with press tv.
“Because of American and Western support for the Zionist regime, we are still witnessing the murder of Palestinian women and children,” Raisi reportedly added. “But I am convinced that victory will be Palestinian's. And it will be the destruction of the Zionist regime. [Israel]”
Iran's Islamist dictatorship opposes the existence of a Jewish state in the land of Israel. He openly rejects the idea of a two-state solution in which Israel and a hypothetical Palestine coexist.
“Israel occupies Palestinian land and we believe that a two-state solution will not help resolve the Palestinian issue,” Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian declared in December.
Raisi reportedly told Press TV that he would discuss with Erdogan “cutting off the vital artery of the Zionist regime” in order to further “annihilate” Israel. PressTV did not say what actions would be involved, such as a military or economic boycott. The most notable of Israel's ongoing campaigns to “cut off vital arteries” is a series of operations carried out by Yemen's Shiite Houthi terrorist group to attack commercial ships transiting the Red Sea. Although the Houthis claim they only attack ships with ties to Israel, they have wreaked havoc on shipping traffic in the region, firing missiles and drone attacks at seemingly random vessels. It has had a chilling effect on scale, forcing companies to divert ships around Africa's Cape Goode. Hope.
Turkey's Communications Directorate confirmed Raisi's visit on Wednesday, using less bellicose language.
A statement published on the directorate's Twitter account said: “In conjunction with the visit, the 8th Turkiye-Iran High-Level Cooperation Council will be held in Ankara under the chairmanship of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iranian President Raisi. 'A statement was released.Turkish state news agency anadolu. “The two leaders are expected to exchange views on current regional and global issues, in particular the Israeli attack on Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories, and the relationship between the two countries.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan accused the Israeli government of carrying out ruthless “bloodshed” in Gaza rather than a concerted effort to eliminate the Hamas threat during an appearance at the UN Security Council on Tuesday. and strongly criticized Israel.
“Gaza used to be an open prison. Now it is a battleground where Israeli Prime Minister (Benyamin Netanyahu) carries out military operations that kill civilians in order to prolong his political career,” Fidan said. claimed. “The argument that the current war is about ensuring Israel's security is far from convincing.”
Israel's claim that the operation in Gaza is aimed at providing security for its people stems from the severity of the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th. Hamas terrorists carried out door-to-door attacks, killing entire families in their homes in residential areas near the Gaza Strip. border with Gaza. Terrorists reportedly killed as many as 250 people at a music festival, carried out brutal gang rapes and tortured their victims. Israeli authorities have collected evidence of the murders of victims, including infants, as well as the child's body with knife wounds.
Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad told the BBC on October 7 that Hamas received “direct support” from Iran in organizing the attacks. In 2020, the State Department announced that Iran is joining the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a “Palestinian” terrorist organization like Hamas. 100 million dollars 1 year support.
In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to the October 7 attack by declaring, “Hamas is not a terrorist organization. Hamas is a terrorist organization.” Mujahideen [jihadists] protect their land. ” President Erdogan instead continued to refer to Israel as a terrorist organization.
