{"id":3792,"date":"2023-10-28T23:17:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T03:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/graham-says-turkey-becoming-the-squad-of-nato\/28\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-28T23:17:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T03:17:38","slug":"graham-says-turkey-becoming-the-squad-of-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/graham-says-turkey-becoming-the-squad-of-nato\/28\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham says Turkey becoming \u2018The Squad\u2019 of NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>South Carolina Sen. <button class=\"caas-xray-inline caas-xray-entity caas-xray-pill\" data-ylk=\"cid:Lindsey_Graham;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:Politician;\" data-entity-id=\"Lindsey_Graham\">Lindsey Graham<\/button> (R) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1718406541122969865?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link \">said<\/a> Turkey is becoming \u201cThe Squad\u201d of NATO in Saturday comments, referring to an informal group of House Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeems that Turkey, particularly senior leadership, is setting itself up to be \u2018The Squad\u2019 of NATO,\u201d Graham said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. \u201cVery disappointing and destabilizing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham\u2019s post also linked to a Fox News article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/nato-ally-praises-hamas-freedom-fighters-condemns-israel-war-criminal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:on;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link \">on<\/a> recent comments made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan on the Israel-Hamas conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael has been openly committing war crimes for 22 days, but the Western leaders cannot even call on Israel for a cease-fire, let alone react to it,\u201d Erdogan <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/4281295-israel-withdraws-diplomats-from-turkey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:told a crowd;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link \">told a crowd<\/a> in Istanbul on Saturday, according to the Associated Press (AP).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will tell the whole world that Israel is a war criminal,\u201d he added. \u201cWe are making preparations for this. We will declare Israel a war criminal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel said it is recalling its diplomats from Turkey Saturday in the wake of Erdo\u011fan\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the grave statements coming from Turkey, I have ordered the return of diplomatic representatives there in order to conduct a reevaluation of the relations between Israel and Turkey,\u201d Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elicoh1\/status\/1718295085270417780\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said in a post;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link \">said in a post<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>Graham\u2019s post appeared to take a dig at the group of progressive lawmakers that includes Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Jamal Bowman (N.Y.) and Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), some of who have been recently vocal about their pro-Palestinian stances on the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo million people. Half children. Starved. Bombed. Cut from communication,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1718317873490247987\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:posted;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link \">posted<\/a> to X Saturday, appearing to reference the current situation in the Gaza Strip. \u201cHave those facilitating this thought much about the future this leaves us? No. Some may dismiss a ceasefire as na\u00efve or worse. Yet who has a plan for what follows this destruction? What do we call that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill.;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/graham-says-turkey-becoming-squad-014347858.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina Sen. 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