Israeli MK Barkat urges US sanctions on Turkey over its reported support for Hamas

Likud MK Nir Barkat

Likud MK Nir Barkat says he spoke with US Ambassador David Friedman and asked that Washington sanction Turkey in light of a newspaper report that Turkish authorities were allowing Hamas terrorists to plan attacks on Israel from their territory, including a past plot to assassinate Barkat.

“Once again, we’ve received confirmation that Turkey supports and provides a warm home for terror groups — just like Iran,” he says in a tweet.

The Ex-Jerusalem Mayor says he wants the US “to trigger international sanctions against Turkey” in light of the report in the British Daily Telegraph. TOI

The News paper reported that: Hamas, the extremist Islamist group that controls Gaza, is committed to the murder of Israelis and the destruction of Israel itself. It launches regular rocket attacks on the Jewish state, along with other terrorist atrocities and assassinations.

"Its militants also inflict misery on the people they rule, all in pursuit of an unattainable goal motivated solely by atavistic hate."

Why, then, has Turkey, a supposed ally of the West, not only given sanctuary to these dangerous terrorists but allowed them to use its territory to plan their attacks?