Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands and people.

ANKARA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands and people.

  • TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1123·
    1 year ago

    Watching this Vice video led me to a similar conclusion. You can’t subject a group of people to oppression and not expect them to fight back.

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      182·
      1 year ago

      If you “fight back” by murdering festival goers and civilians, you’re the bad guy. Hamas also knew that their attack would bring about a heavy response, but they don’t mind because they just use the Palestinian people as a human shield. Hamas are not freedom fighters, and if they had control of the region it would be nothing more than what we’re currently seeing in Afghanistan with the Taliban in charge. You think Hamas will respect the rights of women, children, minority groups etc??

      By the way Hamas is backed by Iran, Turkey, China, Russia… But they’re the good guys?

    • anteaters@feddit.deEnglish
      112·
      1 year ago

      Hamas is not “fighting back” but gruesomely torturing people to death like beasts. The are proud of that and publish the videos they take of their “victories”.

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