"Hamas is not a terrorist organization but a group for liberation," Turkish president says

土耳其總統艾爾段週三在一次演講中表示：“哈馬斯不是一個恐怖組織，而是一個解放和為保護其土地和公民而鬥爭的聖戰者團體。”

他還宣佈取消了他的以色列之行。

“西方團結起來，將哈馬斯視為一個恐怖組織。 以色列，你可以像一個組織一樣行事，因為西方欠你很多。 但土耳其不欠你。”埃爾多安在土耳其議會說。

請記住：哈馬斯是一個擁有軍事部門的伊斯蘭組織。 “哈馬斯”一詞本身就是伊斯蘭反抗運動的阿拉伯語“Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiyya”的首字母縮寫。

該組織與大多數巴勒斯坦派別和政黨一樣，堅持認為以色列是一個佔領國，它正在努力解放巴勒斯坦領土。 多年來，該組織聲稱多次襲擊以色列，並被美國、歐盟和以色列指定為恐怖組織。

10月7日的野蠻襲擊是前所未有的，導致以色列南部1400多人死亡。 哈馬斯還抓獲了200多人作為人質，並將他們帶到加沙。

Erdogan說，土耳其“對以色列國沒有問題”，但他補充說，該國“從未批准過以色列犯下的暴行”。

Erdogan指出，在以色列襲擊加沙中喪生的人中約有一半是兒童。 “我們說，不要殺人孩子。 連續幾天殺害無辜的人、婦女和兒童是沒有道理的，即使是為了迴應一些我們不寬恕的行為。”

據加沙巴勒斯坦衛生部稱，自10月7日以來，以色列軍方對巴勒斯坦飛地發動了無情的打擊和徹底封鎖，造成至少5087人死亡，其中包括2055名兒童。

他說，西方正在審查和壓制學者、大學生和其他人，但由於他們[為巴勒斯坦人挺身而出]的光榮立場，土耳其的大門完全向“任何大學生或其他人敞開”。

Hamas is not a terrorist organization, but a group for liberation and of mujahideen fighting to protect their land and citizens," Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a speech Wednesday said,

He also announced that his trip to Israel had been canceled.

“The West got together and sees Hamas as a terror organization. Israel, you may act like an organization, because the West owes you a lot. But Turkey doesn’t owe you,” Erdogan said at the Turkish parliament.

Remember: Hamas is an Islamist organization with a military wing. The word “Hamas” is itself an acronym for “Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiyya” – Arabic for the Islamic Resistance Movement. The group, like most Palestinian factions and political parties, insists that Israel is an occupying power and that it is trying to liberate the Palestinian territories. The group has over the years claimed many attacks on Israel and has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, and Israel.

The brutal attacks on October 7 were unprecedented, causing the death of more than 1,400 people in southern Israel. Hamas also seized more than 200 people as hostages and brought them to Gaza.

Erdogan said Turkey has "no problem with the state of Israel," but added that the country has "never approved of the atrocities committed by Israel."

Erdogan pointed out that approximately half of those killed in Israel's attacks on Gaza are children. "We say, do not kill children. Killing people, women and children—innocent people, for days on end cannot be justified, even if in response to some acts which we do not condone."
Since October 7, the Israeli military has launched relentless strikes and a complete blockade on the Palestinian enclave, killing at least 5,087 people, including 2,055 children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The West is censoring and silencing academics, university students, and others, but Turkey's doors are fully open to "any university student or others due to their honorable position [of standing up for Palestinians]," he said.