Turkey, under recep tayyip erdogan, has made no secret of its anti-Israel sentiments (ditto for Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani). But only now we are finding out that Turkey is actively coordinating with hamas, whose mission statement is annihilation of Israel and death to all Jews.
From Khaled Abu Toameh’s revealing, disquieting article for The Gateway Institute, we have this:
- New revelations emerging from Israeli security investigations have shattered any illusion that Turkey’s relationship with Hamas is limited to “political support” or “diplomatic engagement.” The evidence increasingly points to a situation far more alarming: Turkey has become a primary operational, logistical, and financial hub for Hamas’s global terror infrastructure.
- Countries that enable terrorism cannot at the same time be treated as indispensable partners in the fight against terrorism.
- By allowing Hamas members to develop drone capabilities on Turkish soil, Ankara is deliberately grooming terrorists for future wars against Israel.
- Turkey, rather than simply hosting Hamas officials, is willfully cultivating the next generation of Hamas terrorists and making sure that the geographical reach of Iran’s jihadist axis continues to expand.
- Turkey’s pivotal financial role is especially significant because it provides Hamas with access to the international financial system through the territory of a NATO member state. That reality should deeply alarm both Washington and European capitals.
- Ideologically — as well as militarily and financially — Erdogan has openly embraced Hamas leaders. He has repeatedly refused to designate the group as a terrorist organization… and characterized its members as “resistance fighters” and “liberation group” warriors fighting to protect Palestinian lands.
- Erdogan’s alignment with Hamas seems rooted in his broader ideological affinity with the Muslim Brotherhood movement and other Islamist groups. His government has consistently supported radical Islamist groups in Egypt, Libya, Syria, and other countries.
- For years, Western governments have clung to the fiction that countries such as Turkey and Qatar can serve as neutral mediators between Hamas and Israel. That assumption has always been deeply flawed.
- Qatar, meanwhile, continues to try to undermine the United States by donating, over decades, many billions of dollars to influence education from K-12 through graduate schools throughout America. Cornell University has received $10 billion over the years; Carnegie Mellon “just under $2 billion”; Texas A&M University “over $1 billion” (which gave Qatar full ownership of more than 500 research projects in fields such as nuclear science, artificial intelligence, biotech, robotics and weapons development); and Georgetown University $971 million. Why do Qatar and Turkey continue embracing Hamas while demanding the trust of the US and the West? Why does the West keep accepting this duplicity?
There are the facts. Now, what does Israel do about it?
What can Israel do about it – other than take out hamas as completely as possible, then hope erdogan, Qatar’s Hamad Al Thani, and their likeminded pals, don’t have more success with one or more of the other Israel-hating entities?
Not a happy situation. But if you support Israel (as I do), you have to hope the country is up to this latest challenge. And that the United States continues to support Israel – as it does under President Trump.
Sadly, support for Israel under Democrats is far more tenuous. And don’t expect supposedly influential Jewish Democrats – like graham platner-supporting chuck schumer – to come to Israel’s rescue.
