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Erdogan says Israel should be tried at international criminal court
July 24, 2014 - 22:02 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, July
24, Turkey would push for Israel to be tried at an international
criminal court if it kept up its assault on Gaza and he accused the
Jewish state of "spitting blood", according to Reuters.
Turkey, a member of the U.S.-led NATO military alliance, was once
Israel's closest regional ally but has become one of its most
vitriolic critics, with Erdogan last weekend accusing it of
"surpassing Hitler in barbarism" with its Gaza offensive.
"If Israel continues with this attitude, it will definitely be tried
at international courts," Erdogan, who is campaigning for a
presidential election on Aug. 10, told a rally of supporters in the
southern port city of Mersin.
"We will see this happen and Turkey will struggle for this," he told
the cheering crowd.
Turkey was once considered by Washington as a credible broker in the
Middle East peace process, particularly given its channels of
communication with Islamist group Hamas, but that changed as Erdogan
adopted an increasingly anti-Israel stance.
"At the moment, Hamas is prepared for everything in order to achieve a
ceasefire... (Palestinian President Mahmoud) Abbas is prepared too,"
Erdogan told CNN news channel in an interview.
"Israel is not even approaching such a thing and is spitting death,
spitting blood," he said, in comments translated by the broadcaster
from Turkish and aired on Thursday, according to Reuters.
He stood by his comments likening Israel's actions to those of Hitler
and said the Jewish state was committing genocide.
"It is beyond comprehension that Israel is still defended by the West
and the world is silent about it. Therefore we cannot remain silent
and we will not be silent," Erdogan said.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/181059/
July 24, 2014 - 22:02 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, July
24, Turkey would push for Israel to be tried at an international
criminal court if it kept up its assault on Gaza and he accused the
Jewish state of "spitting blood", according to Reuters.
Turkey, a member of the U.S.-led NATO military alliance, was once
Israel's closest regional ally but has become one of its most
vitriolic critics, with Erdogan last weekend accusing it of
"surpassing Hitler in barbarism" with its Gaza offensive.
"If Israel continues with this attitude, it will definitely be tried
at international courts," Erdogan, who is campaigning for a
presidential election on Aug. 10, told a rally of supporters in the
southern port city of Mersin.
"We will see this happen and Turkey will struggle for this," he told
the cheering crowd.
Turkey was once considered by Washington as a credible broker in the
Middle East peace process, particularly given its channels of
communication with Islamist group Hamas, but that changed as Erdogan
adopted an increasingly anti-Israel stance.
"At the moment, Hamas is prepared for everything in order to achieve a
ceasefire... (Palestinian President Mahmoud) Abbas is prepared too,"
Erdogan told CNN news channel in an interview.
"Israel is not even approaching such a thing and is spitting death,
spitting blood," he said, in comments translated by the broadcaster
from Turkish and aired on Thursday, according to Reuters.
He stood by his comments likening Israel's actions to those of Hitler
and said the Jewish state was committing genocide.
"It is beyond comprehension that Israel is still defended by the West
and the world is silent about it. Therefore we cannot remain silent
and we will not be silent," Erdogan said.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/181059/