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Turkey's Erdogan calls for Islamic alliance against Israel

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi visits Ankara

Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a signing ceremony in Ankara, Sept. 4, 2024. 

ISTANBUL � Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Islamic countries should form an alliance against what he called "the growing threat of expansionism" from Israel, drawing a rebuke from the Israeli foreign minister.

He made the comment after describing what Palestinian and Turkish officials said was the killing by Israeli troops of a Turkish-American woman taking part in a protest on Friday against settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.



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