An escalation in threats from Recep Tayyip Erdogan: "Turkey can invade Israel just as it did in Karabakh and Libya," said the Turkish president at a meeting of the Justice and Development Party.
"We must be very strong so that Israel cannot carry out these actions (attacks) against Palestine. Just as we entered Karabakh, just as we entered Libya, we might do the same to them. There is nothing we cannot do. We just need to be strong," the Turkish president said.
"If today we speak out against Israel, if we have halted all trade with them, if we have severed relations with them. Someone, excuse the expression, some insolent person, says Mahmoud Abbas should be allowed to speak in our parliament. Who is this? Apparently, he also has a problem in his head," added Erdogan, referring to his feud with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
Erdogan's relations with Israel have been deteriorating for many years, especially since the Mavi Marmara incident, except for a brief respite during which he even hosted President Isaac Herzog and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly in New York last September.
Turkey is considered a 'haven' for Hamas and has even been identified as a potential replacement for Qatar as the sponsor of the terrorist organization, if Qatar expels its political leaders.
