Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged the worldwide group to take motion towards Benjamin Netanyahu’s “homicide community,” as soon as once more likening the Israeli Prime Minister to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
In his handle to the 79th UN Common Meeting in New York on Tuesday, Erdogan condemned the Israeli authorities’s actions in Gaza, describing them as a “focus camp.”
“Simply as Hitler was stopped by the alliance of humanity 70 years in the past, Netanyahu and his homicide community have to be stopped by the alliance of humanity,” Erdogan mentioned. He additionally accused Netanyahu of attempting to “drag the complete area into battle for the sake of his political fortunes.”
Erdogan criticized the UN for its failure to “forestall the genocide in Gaza” and known as for reforms to make the group extra consultant and efficient. He said that the Safety Council was too targeted on the pursuits of its 5 everlasting members and was failing to guard worldwide peace and safety.
Erdogan accused nations that assist Israel unconditionally, together with the US, of being complicit within the violence towards Palestinians. He emphasised the necessity for an instantaneous and everlasting ceasefire in Gaza, in addition to a hostage-prisoner alternate and uninterrupted humanitarian assist.
Erdogan reiterated his assist for the lawsuit filed by South Africa on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICJ) to carry Israel accountable for its alleged crimes towards humanity in Gaza. He additionally emphasised that the folks of Türkiye don’t harbor any hostility in direction of the folks of Israel.
“We’re towards antisemitism in the identical manner that we’re towards the focusing on of Muslims merely due to their beliefs,” he mentioned. “Our drawback is with the bloodbath insurance policies of the Israeli authorities. Our drawback is with oppression and tyranny, simply because it was 5 centuries in the past.”
