Turkey has become an increasing menace and bully in the region. On the heels of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declaring the absurdity that “Jerusalem has been our city for thousands of years,” Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has stated accurately that Turkey and Iran are “denying promotion of peace and supporting regional aggression.” Both countries are energetic promoters of jihad and Islamic expansionism. One envisions the recreation of a mullah-ruled Persian Empire, while the other aims for a revived Ottoman Empire.
Erdogan, meanwhile, has frequently claimed that Israel is trying to “Judaize” Jerusalem, ignoring the abundant evidence of thousands of years of Jewish life in Jerusalem.
Back in December, it was revealed that Turkey was allowing senior Hamas operatives to plot jihad attacks against Israel from Istanbul. Last month, Turkey granted citizenship to dozens of the “most senior” Hamas jihadist operatives and their families.
Erdogan has also called for “an ‘army of of Islam’” to attack Israel on all sides.
“Israeli minister says Turkey opposed to regional peace,” Reuters, October 4, 2020:
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s defence minister accused Turkey on Sunday of destabilising the region and working against peacemaking efforts, and called for international pressure to bring about a change in the NATO power’s conduct.
Israel generally shies from public censure of Turkey, with which it maintains trade and diplomatic relations despite the pro-Palestinian stance of Ankara’s government for more than a decade.
Briefing Gulf Arab reporters as a follow-up to Israel’s founding of ties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, Defence Minister Benny Gantz described Turkey and Iran as “denying promotion of peace and supporting regional aggression”…
Citing Turkey’s actions in northern Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as its Libya intervention and contacts with Palestinian Hamas militants, Gantz said: “All of this pushes away from stability”.
“Definitely the question of Turkey is a very complicated one, because Turkey is part of NATO,” Gantz told the Zoom conference, which was organised by The Arab Council for Regional Integration, a group that encourages Israeli-Arab outreach.
“So we must take all the options that we have in our hands and try to influence it through international pressure to make sure that they are pulling their hands from direct terrorism.”…
“We just want to make sure that we find the right balance between maintaining our security and enabling Palestinian sovereignty,” Gantz said.
Peter Buckley says
Erdogan’s in for a big disappointment:
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16526/turkey-greece-fifth-war
Walter Sieruk says
That president of Turkey ,Erodogan, and that mullah president of Iran ,Rouhani, with their alliance of evil in any Islamic scheming they may take part in together ,will only come back down hard against them in the end
As the Bible informs its reader in Proverbs 11:21. “Though hand join in hand ,the wicked shall not be unpunished…” [K.J.V.].
Rarely says
Turkey and Iran are historical enemies. It is very difficult to see them cooperating on anything although they are both anti-Israel. It would not be surprising to see them at loggerheads at some point. Any “alliance” between them is unimaginable.
gravenimage says
Rarely, Iran and Turkey may not formally cooperate, but they both hate Israel and want to see her destruction.
Walter Sieruk says
Just to understand the anti-Jewish and anti State of Israel rough tyrannical Islamic regime along, in the light of the Bible , is the following essay ,below,.
The first Muslim cleric and tyrant of rule and head this current Islamic regime of Iran ,Ayatollah Khomeini did come right out and state the truth ,for once, he declared “Islam grew with blood…The great prophet of Islam on one hand carried the Koran and in the other a sword… Islam is a religion of blood for the infidels.” Later Khomeini also said “Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam is against war…Whenever good there is exist thanks to the sword and the shadow of the sword.” [1] Of course that is “good “as defined by this Ayatollah is Islam and things that are Islamic. As for his total endorsement of war for Islam on this subject he stands in opposition to the Person of Jesus Who taught “Blessed are the merciful: for they see God.” and “Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called children of God.” [2]
Furthermore, Ayatollah Khomeini also taught the “death should not be feared but welcomed as a means to fight and Allah.” Khomeini likewise when speaking to his Brainwashed Muslim followers he “tried to convince them that death is to be coveted and life shunned “ he taught that “death offered purification and the exalted status as a martyr.” [1] Of this three things should be made clear. First. Khomeini died and old man in his bed and he didn’t die “martyr “fighting for the cause of Allah” he just convinced and mind programmed other people to do so , he didn’t practice what he taught , that coward. Second is words reflects other Muslim clerics be they mullahs imams of other ayatollahs about the exalted status of a “martyr” The empty lying false and false words As “We will honor you “ and You will go to paradise “ and “We are doing this for Allah.” That’s sure some strange “We” For none of the Muslim clerics die by engaging in deadly jihad attacks, even though they claim to believe that doing so is such grand and wonderful thing to do. What hypocrites they are. Third, this further exposes Islam as a death cult. Such teaching by those Muslim clerics is in strong contradiction to the Words of Jesus. Who taught “I am come that they might have life have it more abundantly.” [2]
[1] THE ISLAM IN ISLAMIC TERRORISM BY Ibn Warraq, pages 336,339,347.
[2] THE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION. Matthew 7: 7, 9. John 10:10.
gravenimage says
Israel’s Defense Minister: Turkey and Iran are ‘denying promotion of peace and supporting regional aggression’
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This is certainly true.