ANKARA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, which he said amounted to genocide, and urged the international community to work for a humanitarian ceasefire in the region.
In a post on social messaging platform X, Erdogan also said Israel was provoking non-regional actors instead of turning back from its mistakes in Gaza, adding that the region needed saving from the “frenzy of madness” supported by Western powers and media.
The irony…
I’ll never understand why they insist on conflating the Ottoman Empire with Turkey.
Well, I understand, Erdogan would love to be the Caliph, but it’s still ridiculous to feel like you have to defend the actions of an imperial state that was dissolved.
I think people are noting the similarities to the Armenian Genocide with the situation in Gaza. Namely, the forced displacement of millions of people for religious differences, which Turkey denies as a genocide because the Ottomans didn’t set up death camps.
Turkey is okay with Hamas firing rockets at Israel though.
Hamas is using Turkish drones
https://www.yenisafak.com/teknoloji/turk-sirketi-gelistirdi-dunyada-lidar-teknolojisini-kullanan-ilk-drone-3524472
Why would Israel stop while there are still hostages?
If blood libel was true, would it have justified the Holocaust?
He was also heard mumbling, Turks know it when they see it
Sooo… are there still rockets being fired from Terrorists? Are the hostages still being kept by the terrorists?
Why should Israel stop attacking the terrorists?
Because thousands of innocent civilians are being killed too?
Copied from a different comment: Prove (!) that the casualties in Palestine aren’t primarily Hamas Terrorists. The claim by their „Health Authority“ means nothing - because that is Hamas.
I don’t like Hammas, specially because they were funded by Israel to attack Fattah and other members of the PLO in the 80’ and spread terror until today.
But right now Hammas is trying to negotiate to release their hostages, but for Israel is more important to bomb Gaza (supposedly Hammas, cause of course there is no secular civilians in Gaza) than the safety of their own citizens.
Its not like Israel could still attack Hammas after the deal, you know?
Hammas is trying to negotiate to release their hostages
Hamas can release the hostages at any second. There are no negotiations required for Hamas to cease their active imprisonment of kidnapped people.
But the hostages are likely the only thing standing in the way of a full blown ethnic cleaning.
However, don’t confuse this with me defending Hamas in any way.
But the hostages are likely the only thing standing in the way of a full blown ethnic cleaning.
Wow - just wow.
So to put this into perspective: You are saying that Hamas PREEMPTIVELY took civilian hostages, while massacring more than a thousand other civilians, to PREVENT a „full blown ethnic cleaning“ in Gaza? An alleged ethnic cleaning that now is supposed to take place AFTER Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Terrorists murdered all those civilians?
However, don’t confuse this with me defending Hamas in any way.
Noooo… this is not defending Hamas and Islamic Jihad at all. But I do question your ability for reasoning.
Yeah, it sounds in your posts like Hamas are the good guys, care about the hostages, trying to release them against Israel will. Of course this is after Hamas without provocation brutally killed 1500 civilians, and captured those hostages. But of course, it is Israeli fault.
I don’t get what part of
I don’t like Hammas
spread terror until today
You read as
Hamas are the good guys
You are fighting a strawman my friend.
I was just responding the point that still exists hostages in Gaza, I don’t expect that Hammas cares about hostages but I expect that Israel care about their citizens, because the first is a militia, and other is a state with one of the best army in the world.
Independently of what I believe or not, when Israel says “we don’t negotiate with terrorists”, it is just a political decision, maybe even this negotiation would not work, but is not something that Israel strategists are venting.without provocation
Sure only if you ignore the past 80 years of brutal oppression and colonisation.
Because their aim is shit. If my aim was as bad as theirs, I wouldn’t have kids.
You are being sarcastic here… right ?
Sooo… are there still rockets being fired from Terrorists?
Yes! And they should stop before more innocent civilian lives are destroyed; not that they care about civilians at all!
Are the hostages still being kept by the terrorists?
I think they just kill them rather than take hostages, right? They consider them to be like animals!
Why should Israel stop attacking the terrorists?
Ohh, you meant Hamas?
You don’t seem to understand the concept of war. If Hamas deliberately places launch sites close to civilian infrastructure, which is a war crime in itself by the way, this infrastructure becomes a legitimate target. Civilian casualties have to be avoided but not at all costs. Especially if Hamas Terrorists wear civilian clothing.
This is International Humanitarian Law - the Law of War.
I think they just kill them rather than take hostages, right? They consider them to be like animals!
ISIS style killings is not beneath Hamas and Islamic Jihad. And yes - those Terrorists act like animals deliberately.
It’s called diplomacy, start practicing now because there won’t be any more opportunities when the whole middle east have each other under siege like Israel is doing to Palestineans now.
