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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ruth Michaelson

Israel’s foreign minister says Erdoğan ‘should be ashamed’ of meeting with Hamas chief

Ismail Haniyeh shakes hands with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as they both look at the camera with flags on either side of them
Ismail Haniyeh and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met in Istanbul over the weekend and discussed calming tensions across the Middle East. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Israel’s foreign minister has hit out at the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, over his decision to publicise his latest meeting with the head of Hamas’s politburo.

Israel Katz shared a photo on X which showed Erdoğan shaking hands with Ismail Haniyeh at a presidential office in Istanbul over the weekend, writing that the Turkish president “should be ashamed”.

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