YNET NEWS: Turkish prime minister announces Hamas not terror organization, but democratically-elected party fighting for its land. Of flotilla raid he says, 'If you don't understand it in Turkish, I will say it in English: You shall not kill (sic)'
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel Friday of murdering passengers on board the Turkish Marmara, which was sailing to Gaza as part of an aid flotilla.
"If you don't understand it in Turkish, I will say it in English: You shall not kill (sic)," he said, repeating the phrase in Hebrew.
Speaking at a ceremony in Konya, the prime minister announced that Hamas was not a terror organization. "They won an election. You always speak of democracy, but you will not let Hamas rule. What kind of democracy is that?" he asked. >>> Ynet | Friday, June 04, 2010
