Turkey Calls for Islamic Alliance Against Israel
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently called for the creation of a coalition of Islamic countries to fight what he described as “the growing threat of expansionism” from Israel.
Turkey Calls for Islamic Alliance Against Israel
Soeren Kern | Israel My Glory | January 1, 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently called for the creation of a coalition of Islamic countries to fight what he described as “the growing threat of expansionism” from Israel. He claimed the Jewish state, after “occupying” Lebanon and Syria, “will set its sights on our [Islamic] lands between the Tigris and the Euphrates.” Erdogan falsely accused Israeli officials of expressing this desire openly “with every map they pose in front of” and declared, “The only step that will stop Israeli arrogance, Israeli banditry, and Israeli state terrorism is the alliance of Islamic countries.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz called Erdogan’s remarks “a dangerous lie and incitement” and accused him of “working for years alongside Iran to undermine moderate Arab regimes in the Middle East.” Katz added that Erdogan “continues to throw the Turkish people into the fire of hatred and violence for the sake of his Hamas friends.”
Since becoming Turkey’s president in 2014, Erdogan has frequently criticized the Jewish state; but he markedly ramped up the anti-Israel rhetoric after the war in Gaza began in October 2023, when Hamas terrorists murdered 1,200 Israelis and took more than 250 hostages. Erdogan has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and repeatedly compares Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. He recently called Israel a “Zionist terrorist organization” and warned Israel that its “Promised Land delusion” would end in failure.
