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ROSSOMANDO & EMERSON: While Erdogan Slammed Israel At U.N., Turkish Support For Terror Was Revealed

ROSSOMANDO & EMERSON: While Erdogan Slammed Israel At U.N., Turkish Support For Terror Was Revealed
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used his United Nations General Assembly speech last week to blast Israel as the cause of “injustice” in the Middle East and vow that his country “will continue to stand by the oppressed people of Palestine as she has always done.” But a new report by Israel’s Meir Amit Intelligence and Information Center, as well as new sanctions announced by the U.S. Treasury Department, make it clear that Erdogan is in no position to cast aspersions.

“Turkey turns a blind eye to Hamas’ covert operational and financial activity being carried out from its territory (which has recently been demonstrated in the American sanctions) and regularly denies its existence,” the Meir Amit center reported.

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