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Turkey’s Erdogan: Israel carrying out ‘heinous attacks’ against Temple Mount
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashes out at Israel after major clashes between Palestinians and police on the Temple Mount last night.
“We strongly condemn Israel’s heinous attacks against our first qibla #AlAqsaMosque, that are unfortunately being carried out every Ramadan,” tweets Erdogan, who as Turkey’s leader has embraced the Hamas terror group and frequently lashed out at Israel in relation to Jerusalem.
He adds: “As Turkey, we will continue to stand by our Palestinian brothers and sisters in all circumstances.”
Erdogan also puts out tweets in Hebrew, Turkish and Arabic.
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