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Erdogan’s anti-Israel remarks strange, hypocritical: Analyst

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A political analyst has described recent anti-Israeli remarks by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as “strange” and “hypocritical,” Press TV reports.

In a Wednesday interview with Press TV, Naseer al-Omari, writer and political commentator, criticized the Turkish premier for his double-standard policy toward the Israeli regime.

“It is really a little hypocritical to be having wonderful relationships [with Israel] when it comes to cooperation and when it comes to military issues and then, on the other hand, you condemn them for what you say are suspicious activities in Egypt,” said Omari.

On August 20, the Turkish premier said the Tel Aviv regime is behind the military coup d’état in Egypt which led to the ouster of former president, Mohamed Morsi, on July 3.

Erdogan added that he has “evidence” for his remarks. Hundreds of people, mostly pro-Morsi supporters, have been killed in the aftermath of the military overthrow.

It is “truly strange” that the Turkish prime minister challenges other regimes, while “he’s doing something similar in Syria,” Omari added.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu later said that Erdogan has been misunderstood and that the prime minister was referring to a mentality that led to Morsi’s ouster and not an Israeli plot.

Ankara has played a key role in fueling over two years of deadly turmoil in Syria by financing, training and arming the foreign-backed Takfiri groups operating in the crisis-hit country.

In April, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with the Turkish media that Erdogan “has not said a single word of truth” since the outbreak of violence in the Arab state in 2011

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