Israel ‘wholeheartedly rejects’ Erdogan’s claim that Hamas isn’t a terror organization

By Lazar Berman

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25 October 2023, 5:28 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the presentation ceremony of letters of confidence to newly appointed Ambassadors at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on September 27, 2023. (Adem Altan/AFP)

After Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that Hamas isn’t a group of terrorists, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat says that “Israel wholeheartedly rejects the Turkish President’s harsh words about the terrorist organization Hamas.”

“Hamas is a despicable terrorist organization worse than ISIS that brutally and intentionally murders babies, children, women and the elderly, takes civilians hostage and uses its own people as human shields.” Haiat says in a tweet.

“Even the Turkish president’s attempt to defend the terrorist organization and his inciting words will not change the horrors that the whole world has seen and the unequivocal fact: Hamas = ISIS.”