
Bogged down in its domestic Kurdish insurgency, attacking rebel forces, Islamic State and dealing with Syrian refugees, Turkey’s ruling party AKP feels need to champion Palestinian cause to reflect its self-perception as defender of Islam.
The Turkish government has its hands full with the ongoing war next door in Syria and with its domestic Kurdish insurgency, yet it continues to maintain a foot in the Palestinian pie.
The Turkish government will begin rebuilding nine mosques that were damaged during fighting in the 2014 war in Gaza, the Hurriyet Daily News reported on Monday.
A Palestinian boy plays at a house that witnesses said was destroyed during Operation Protective Edge in the east of Gaza City.