Israeli foreign minister strongly criticises decision by President Erdoğan, accusing him of acting like a ‘dictator’

Turkey has halted all trade with Israel, citing the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the Palestinian territories, which prompted strong criticism from the Israeli foreign minister.

“Export and import transactions related to Israel have been stopped, covering all products,” Turkey’s trade ministry said late on Thursday.

“Turkey will strictly and decisively implement these new measures until the Israeli government allows an uninterrupted and sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.”

Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, accused Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, of acting like a “dictator” after the restrictions were first reported.

  • Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I can’t believe joe brandon and snoozin trump are being outflanked on the left by a right wing dictator. Broken clock or something I guess.

    • istanbullu@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Erdoğan resisted this as long as possible. But the public opinion in Turkey is so strongly anti-genocide right now that he was forced into this by the opposition.

      Erdoğan loves to talk tough on Israel, but normally he doesn’t actually follow up.

      • fritobugger2017@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Turkey is strongly anti-genocide as long as it doesn’t involve Kurds or Armenians, then they are completely pro-genocide.

        • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          *the Turkish nationalists.

          There’s millions of lovely and non-genocidal people in Turkey. Source: learning Turkish since 2015 and travel there a lot

        • Tryptaminev@lemm.eeEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Fun fact. Azerbaijan and Israel are allies. Israel receives most of its Oil and Gas from Azerbaijan, Israeli drones helped murder Armenians in the last war and Israel has a deal going on with the azerbaijani oil and gas company to developed the Gas fields they want to steal from the Palestinians at the coast of Gaza.

          So if you want to be against genocide against Armenians it is a good way to go about being against supporting Israel.

  • djsoren19@yiffit.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Gd, when even fucking Erdogan thinks you’re going too far. I know they’re a usually antagonistic force to the West, but they are a real player in the region, so this is still good pressure on Israel. Even if it happens to be opportunistic.

    • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Turkey/Erdogan aligns with the West most of the time. He’s antagonistic sometimes, and that’s what makes headlines so is the image most people have developed of him. He’s been staunchly pro-Palestine since he took office in 2003, and has had pretty poor relations with Israel for almost the entire last 20 years, so this is not surprising