Erdogan added: “I believe that we should stop Israel — which looks as if it’s completely out of its mind and lost it — as soon as possible. "This idea that Israel doesn't necessarily have the right to exist, this idea that Israel is always an aggressor and that Turkey needs to stand up to Israel. "Not only does he say Turkey needs to stand up to Israel, but it needs to be one of the most vocal critics because Erdogan has always wanted Turkey to be a great power. Over 8,000 Gazans have been killed"One of the ways of doing this is to try and lead the Muslim world against Israel. Erdogan even told Turkish lawmakers: "Hamas is not a terrorist group, it is a group of liberators who protect their land."
