Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan salute Justice and Development Party members. (AP/File )
Hamas’s political chief and the Palestinian Authority’s president were among the first to congratulate the Turkish president on his election win.
By: World Israel News Staff
Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas were among the first to call Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Erdogan was contacted by Haniyeh by phone on Sunday, according to a statement posted on the terror group’s official website.
Under the rule of Erdogan, Turkey provided Hamas leaders with shelter and gave them financial support, including facilitating the illegal transfer of funds used to expand terrorist actions against Israel.
Israeli policies were compared by Erdogan to Nazi policies.
According to the Turkish daily Hürriyet, Abbas offered Erdogan congratulations as did a number of other leaders. These included leaders from Kuwaiti, Macedonian, Serbia, Uzbekistan, Sudan, Bosnia and Qatar.
Azerbaijan’s president was the first to offer Erdogan congratulations, said Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency.
Foreign ministers from Greece, Hungary and Guinea and Venezuela’s deputy president have all congratulated Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu over the phone.
Energy Minister Eli Cohen said expanding natural gas exploration and attracting major international energy companies…
Prime Minister Netanyahu again urged unity in forming a coalition government, calling on other parties…
Under U.S. anti-boycott laws, sanctions on Israel could cut British and Dutch citizens off from…
Yashar chairman Roy Folkman is also expected to chair the Knesset Arrangements Committee following Tuesday’s…
Tensions between the US, Israel, and Iran keep escalating as US forces strike an offending…
The complaints included allegations that individuals outside polling stations instructed voters whom to support and…