Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday known as out Western powers as “the main culprit” behind Israel’s “massacre” of Palestinians in Gaza.
The name got here throughout the “Great Palestine Meeting” held in Istanbul, which was joined by over 1.5 million individuals, in accordance with the organizers.
President Erdoğan, who has been a number one worldwide supporter of Palestinian rights, unleashed a scathing assault at Israel and its Western supporters.
“The main culprit behind the massacre unfolding in Gaza is the West,” he informed the Turkish and Palestinian flag-waving crowd.
“If we leave aside some conscientious voices … the massacre in Gaza is entirely the work of the West.”
President Erdoğan added that Israel was behaving like a “war criminal.”
“Of course, every country has the right to defend itself. But where is the justice in this case?”
He accused Western powers of “shedding tears” over the demise of civilians in Ukraine and turning a blind eye on the demise of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
“We are against all these double standards and all these hypocrisies,” he added.
And he accused Israel’s allies of making a “crusade war atmosphere” pitting Christians in opposition to Muslims.
“Listen to our call for dialogue,” Erdoğan stated. “No one loses from a just peace.”
‘Israel a conflict prison’
“Israel, we will also declare you as a war criminal to the world, we are preparing for it, and we will introduce Israel to the world as a war criminal,”
Erdoğan pressured that the Western world mobilized its politicians, and media to legitimize the bloodbath of the harmless individuals in Gaza, including: “Israel is committing war crimes.”
He additionally known as Israel an “occupier,” and added: “West owes you, but Türkiye does not owe you.”
Everyone is aware of that Israel is a pawn within the area that will probably be sacrificed when the time comes, he stated.
“I said in Davos, you know how to kill. They know well how to kill.”
Salute to Gazans
Erdoğan additionally saluted the dedication of the individuals of Gaza within the face of large Israeli bombardments.
“On behalf of myself, my people, I salute determination of people of Gaza to not abandon their homes, city in face of oppressor’s bombardments,” he stated.
Israel has closely bombarded Gaza for the reason that Oct. 7 incursion by Palestinian resistance group Hamas.
The Health Ministry within the Gaza Strip stated the Israeli strikes had now killed no less than 7,703 individuals, primarily civilians and lots of of them kids.
Recalling the U.N. General Assembly votes in favor of a decision calling for a “humanitarian truce” in Gaza, Erdoğan stated: “Israel, you are doomed to be left alone.”
The U.N. General Assembly permitted a decision Friday that known as for a right away “durable and sustained humanitarian truce” in Gaza.
The decision, which was offered by almost 50 international locations, together with Türkiye, Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was permitted in a 120-14 vote with 45 nations abstaining.
Adopted on the tenth Emergency Special Session assembly on the state of affairs within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the draft decision expresses “grave concern” concerning the “latest escalation of violence.”
Türkiye doesn’t condone assaults concentrating on civilians in Israel, stated Erdoğan, including: “We are saddened for every civilian in any way, but Israel does not care.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com