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Written By Tyler Durden. Originally appeared at ZeroHedge
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raged against Israel in a speech given before a pro-Palestinian rally on Saturday in Istanbul. He said he is preparing to introduce Israel as a “war criminal” on a world stage, at a moment the debate over Gaza continues heating up at the United Nations.
Erdogan said: “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,” according to a state broadcaster. Footage of the event shows that the turnout was huge, in the hundreds of thousands or possibly over 100,000 people gathered in the capital.
He stressed that the West is busy justifying the massacre of innocent people in Gaza, as the civilian death toll soars, saying “Israel is committing war crimes” as an “occupier.” He added: the “West owes you, but Türkiye does not owe you.”
“Those shedding crocodile tears for civilians killed in the Ukraine-Russia war are silently watching the deaths of thousands of innocent children in Gaza,” he critiqued further, highlighting the double standard.
“I am asking West, do you want to create another Crusader War atmosphere?” Erdogan questioned, before saying provocatively: “The main culprit behind the massacre unfolding in Gaza is the West.”
“Of course, every country has the right to defend itself, but where is justice? There is no defense but an open, and vicious massacre going on in Gaza.” He went after Western elites and their ability to dress up everything they say in human rights rhetoric but which proves shallow:
Everyone knows that Israel is a pawn in the region that will be sacrificed when the time comes, he added.
“I said in Davos, you know how to kill. They know well how to kill.”
Erdogan continues, “We are saddened for every civilian in any way, but Israel does not care.”
This week the Palestinian Ministry of Housing issued a grim figure, saying that 20,000 buildings and homes in Gaza have been destroyed over several days of intensified Israeli airstrikes. Turkish media has tallied that in total since Oct. 7, over 200,000 homes and buildings have been leveled.
Istanbul, Turkey.
Thousands rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/4LBJ2IJKHf— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) October 28, 2023
Erdogan has earlier confirmed he canceled a planned trip to Israel where he was expected to meet with his Israeli counterpart PM Netanyahu. This was part of a normalization and restoration of ties effort, but are now definitely off.
From Tel Aviv’s perspective too, Erdogan’s ratcheting rhetoric in denouncing Israeli war crimes will likely been seen as unforgiveable, even after this current crisis is over. Turkey and Israel have long clashed over the Palestinian issue, and these tensions have now exploded back into full force.
hey erdo-can, instead of talking big, why don‘t you just cut the supply pf petrol that goes thru your land. 40% of is. imports come from azerbaidjan… a hood deal from iraqi-kurdistan. but no, says one thing, does the other.
yeah nice of erdogan to criticise israel for trying to drive the palestinians out of gaza right after supporting aliev to drive out the armenians out of karabakh a couple weeks ago …
interestingly, israel already started reverse migration into ukraine (old khazar) by the jews as predicted. checkout rt: ukrainians protests in airports looking for israeli arrivals, israeli flights having to divert, etc. this is major! and zelensky tweeting on x about it and condemning it as “deep rooted antisemitism”
a jew who allies himself with banderists to kill rusisans should not talk about antisemitism.
the biggest antisemits in the area are jarosch and tjahniboh. the right sector and svoboda.
and they only put aside their hate on jew temporarily to concentrate all their strengh against russians and eastern ukrainians. this alliance has an expiration date.
not only into ukraine, into russia too, check israeli jews passport holder in dagestani airport!
that’s right. he’s not the one who should be trusted. hes words are empty.
not 40% but 60-65%
erdogan is just looking out for his own arse.
“erdogan has earlier confirmed he canceled a planned trip to israel where he was expected to meet with his israeli counterpart pm netanyahu. this was part of a normalization and restoration of ties effort, but are now definitely off.” – simply the fact that erdogan wanted and planned to meet with netanyahu in the first place shows us he’s not genuine! the genocide against palestinians didn’t start 2 weeks ago, it’s been ongoing for decades! ever since israel was created!
all the sudden he cares? why didn’t he care a month ago or 6 months ago or years and decades ago?! if erdogan really cared about palestine he could have done a lot more to help and a lot sooner. he’s just a demagogue, he speaks what he knows will be popular and attract an audience but his actions do not align with his words.
i think erdogan sees the writing on the wall, and realizes that he must turn and be sure he is on the winning side. the worlds people are rising up against war, and will begin to throw out governments that perpetrate and encourage them for profit, and it won’t be by elections. there is unrest in people that is unprecedented.
i am not seeing how the palestinian would be the winning side in this.
isreal is doing everything with impunity the usa have dedicated two carrier strike groups to protect it.
thats enough to pummel any country in the region which would dare to attack israel.
yes, so, will turkey declare war on israel along with lebanon, syria and iraq? if they did, they could invade on the ground and shut israel down for good. but no. endless talk. arab states do nothing. brutal sadistic genocide continues.
west & central asia countries are an absolute joke! they will fall like dominoes one by one.
turkey invade israel? how? through syria? if so, i doubt syria would allow it.
erdogon and alivey this 2 are criminal like israeli zionist . alivey has dint utter a word in support of palestine it clearly shows azerbaijan, and its leaders are slave of israel.
up the antenna drop a bomb and drop out nato and surge a couple divisions toward the border with golan heights and give biden and netanyahu a coronary!
brand israel pepsi–this will fix them
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he’s the one who can not be trusted because he’s just an hypocrite. his words are empty.
fact says different. he join us/israel coalition in mediterranean sea with his fleet.
so, after karabakh, syria and iraq talk is just cheap.
in other words:the rat is affraid that his ass will be overthrown, non worthy pig as he is.