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ERDOGAN ACCUSES ISRAEL OF GENOCIDE
ARMENPRESS
MARCH 16, 2012
ANKARA
ANKARA, MARCH 16, ARMENPRESS: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan accused Israel of state terrorism and genocide against
Palestinians in Gaza, reports Armenpress citing Asbarez.
Addressing Parliament, Erdogan accused Israel of committing a slow
but systematic massacre that he said started at the beginning of the
20th century.
Erdogan's comments Tuesday came in response to the latest round
of violence in which hundreds of rockets were fired at civilian
targets in southern Israel from the Gaza Strip and 26 Palestinians,
the majority terrorists, were killed in retaliatory airstrikes.
"I am repeating my calls to Israel to end its inhuman attacks against
Gaza and the Palestinian territories," the paper quoted him as saying.
Erdogan also called on local media to refer to the Palestinians
fighting against Israel as "resisters" and not terrorists or militants,
because their only aim is to defend themselves against Israeli forces,
the paper said.
Relations between the two countries have deteriorated since an Israeli
commando raid on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara participating in a
flotilla in May 2010 that killed Turkish activists attempting to end
the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.
ARMENPRESS
MARCH 16, 2012
ANKARA
ANKARA, MARCH 16, ARMENPRESS: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan accused Israel of state terrorism and genocide against
Palestinians in Gaza, reports Armenpress citing Asbarez.
Addressing Parliament, Erdogan accused Israel of committing a slow
but systematic massacre that he said started at the beginning of the
20th century.
Erdogan's comments Tuesday came in response to the latest round
of violence in which hundreds of rockets were fired at civilian
targets in southern Israel from the Gaza Strip and 26 Palestinians,
the majority terrorists, were killed in retaliatory airstrikes.
"I am repeating my calls to Israel to end its inhuman attacks against
Gaza and the Palestinian territories," the paper quoted him as saying.
Erdogan also called on local media to refer to the Palestinians
fighting against Israel as "resisters" and not terrorists or militants,
because their only aim is to defend themselves against Israeli forces,
the paper said.
Relations between the two countries have deteriorated since an Israeli
commando raid on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara participating in a
flotilla in May 2010 that killed Turkish activists attempting to end
the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.