ALLIES: Erdogan says Turkey will not ‘turn its back’ on Palestinian cause.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey will not “turn its back” on the Palestinian cause or people, adding that Ankara will share “all means available” for ending the occupation and establishing peace.

Erdogan made the remarks during his meeting with the visiting Palestinian members of the Israeli parliament in Istanbul.

He thanked the Knesset members for their service of representing the Palestinian will in Israel’s legislative body against Tel Aviv’s “oppression” in Gaza as well as its “Jewish State” law and “baseless rhetoric” against Turkey.

It wasn’t that long ago that Turkey and Israel acted as de facto allies. And I wonder if Erdogan appreciates the irony that Israel is the only Middle Eastern country where Palestinians are free to elect their own representatives to parliament.