President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of a very Islamic nation and predominantly fierce critics of Israel, gave a very fiery speech at the capitol city of Istanbul for the “Great Palestine Meeting,” a pro-Palestinian rally.
According to Turkish outlet AA, Erdogan boldly stated to a crowd with approximately 100,000 in attendance:
Israel, we will also declare you as a war criminal to the world, we are preparing for it, and we will introduce Israel to the world as a war criminal.
Israel is committing war crimes.
The President emphasized that Israel are really just puppets of the United States and the West, and it is Western politicians and media members attempting to ordain Israel’s slaughter and war crimes, claiming that Israel an “occupier,” adding: “[The] West owes you, but Turkey does not owe you.”
Those shedding crocodile tears for civilians killed in the Ukraine-Russia war are silently watching the deaths of thousands of innocent children in Gaza, said the Turkish president.
I am asking [the] West, do you want to create another Crusader War atmosphere? The main culprit behind the massacre unfolding in Gaza is the West.
Of course, every country has the right to defend itself, but where is justice? There is no defense but an open, and vicious massacre going on in Gaza.
Everyone knows that Israel is a pawn in the region that will be sacrificed when the time comes.
I said in Davos, you know how to kill. They know well how to kill.
We are saddened for every civilian in any way, but Israel does not care.
I reiterate the call I made to the Israeli government in recent days. Heed our call to deliver aid to the oppressed and to open the doors of dialogue to establish peace. Come today and take a positive step, perhaps for the first time in your life, for your own and your children’s future.
There are Palestinians who have been gradually displaced from their homes, and homelands, and their lives have been affected due to the attacks carried out by Israel since its establishment.
Certainly, in such a climate of fire and blood, there have been regrettable events. However, none of these can serve as an excuse for campaigns aimed at discrediting the resistance carried out by the Palestinian people under various names.
I said that Hamas is not a terrorist organization, and Israel was very disturbed by this. Well, we weren’t expecting anything else anyway.
The unlimited cruelty displayed today by those who have alarmed the world on account of the injustices they suffered until yesterday cannot be explained in any other way.
The real owners of the game being played in the region are those who support the Israeli government’s whims. Because Israel cannot take a step without them.
What has been happening since last night [on Friday] is nothing short of a state of madness. Despite this grim situation, the dignified, determined, and faithful stance of the people of Gaza will be recorded in history as a glorious epic of resistance.
UN Resolution
Erdogan also referenced a recently passed resolution by the United Nations that called for a humanitarian truce. The resolution was reached on the 26th, with a vote of 120 in favor, 14 against, and 45 abstentions. The resolution calls for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce” between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza, and insists “continuous, sufficient and unhindered” provision of supplies and services for civilians blockaded inside the region.
A number emissaries at the UN gave their case for or against seeking an agreed upon resolution, including representatives from Israel, Turkey, and other nations in the Middle East.
Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, was one of those who spoke the first day of discussions, emotionally stating:
There is no time to mourn. If you do not stop it for all those who have been killed, stop it for all those who can be saved.
Why not feel a sense of urgency to ending the killing. You are setting us back 80 years by trying to justify what Israel is doing now.
But Gilad Erdan, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Israel, explained that this “has nothing” to do with Palestinians at all but eradicating Hamas. He noted that Hamas does not care at all about the Palestinians, nor peace or negotiations, but has the singular goal to “annihilate Israel and murder every single Jew on the face of the Earth.”
This is not a war with the Palestinians. Israel is at war with the genocidal jihadist Hamas terror organization. It is the law abiding democracy of Israel against modern day Nazis.
Erdan also condemned the “hypocrisy” of the world lambasting Israel’s actions but not what Hamas has done to them. “The hypocrisy is beyond belief,” he stressed.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, condemned the United States’ role in all of this, saying, “Instead of sending rockets, tanks and bombs, to be used against Gaza, the United States should stop supporting genocide in Gaza and Palestine.”
Egypt’s ambassador Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek also weighed in stating, “Enough is enough. We can no longer bear what is happening to the Palestinians.” He also said that Gazans being displaced from their land must be “rejected categorically.”
Turkey’s Permanent Representative to the UN Sedat Önal also weighed in, claiming, “Targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure will not bring security. Peace will not be possible as long as Palestinians aspirations for freedom, dignity and statehood continue to be denied.”
Eventually after the resolution was passed Israel’s Erdan sharply denounced the ruling and the veracity of the UN.
We have all witnessed that the UN holds not even one ounce of legitimacy. The UN is committed to ensuring further atrocity. According to the family of nations, Israel has no right to defend itself.
What is going on here? The only way to destroy Hamas is to root them out. Why are you not holding Hamas accountable?
We know there is no humanitarian crisis in accordance with international humanitarian law.
Anyone interested in preventing violence should call on Hamas to lay down their arms, turn themselves in and return all hostages.
If this were to happen, the war would end immediately. This is a dark day for the UN and mankind. Israel will defend itself and will do what must be done to eradicate Hamas’ capabilities and bring the hostages home.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
There are so many pieces at play here. This past week I have been referencing Turkey’s involvement in this, as military analysts like retired Colonel Douglas MacGregor has focused attention on what Turkey’s actions would be, and how Israel and the United States would respond to the threats; as Turkey, being staunchly Islamic and opponents of Israel, is certainly a dark horse in all of this.
Of course, Turkey has other vested interests in widening this conflict: it’s not just about religion. Turkey, like most nations, are facing economic problems, something I reported on back in 2021. Also, you may recall Turkey had a very deadly earthquake in February that claimed the lives of tens of thousands. Just prior to that earthquake Erdogan had made statements that no one should be allowed to speak poorly of Islam.
But, as Gerald Celente of the Trends Journal perfectly says, “When all else fails they take you to war;” and Erdogan is laying the groundwork to perhaps enter this conflict, and foment violent recourse from not just the Turks but the Muslim world.
Howbeit Turkey’s hypocrisy should also be noted. Just the other day I cited a piece by a Russian author for Info Brics, which covered Russia’s move to send some of their best fighter jets with hypersonic missiles attached, the author highlighted how Turkey still has close ties to Israel. That author wrote:
It should be noted that Turkey is also deeply involved in this, despite its recent rhetoric condemning Israeli actions in Gaza. And while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan keeps fuming at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, behind the scenes, the two countries are still maintaining close ties. If Ankara had the interests of Palestinians in mind, it wouldn’t coordinate the terrorist groups it supports to escalate in Syria.
Well stated.
Needless to say, there is a lot more going on here that meets the eye; but as I said, Turkey could very easily make some noise in this whole thing, by either getting involved in this conflict, and/or helping to ignite hatred amongst Muslims even more. Therefore, be ready for the high risk of a false flag operation.
[7] And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. [8] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. Mark 13:7-8
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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And he finaly let sweden into nato, so sweden no longer can be neutral in war.
So I guess sweden will be attacked along with all other countrys now in the future.
Let God wrath fall on every wicked nation. Including sweden.
Yeah this NATO alliance is about to be torn apart. I think the European allies are going to tell the U.S. to eat crow here eventually.
The UN and the WHO have lost total credibility. We know what their agenda is.
Watch Erdogan/Turkey they will be pivotal with rousing the Islamic world along with Russia in the alliance/confederacy of nations bent on destroying God’s people, but GOD!
Millions around the world will die as a payback for the Israelis killed. God always evens the score and then some. This is all prophetic.
For the country of Turkey to call any other nation war criminals is like the pot calling the kettle black. I learned very young how that nation slaughtered Armenians in the early 20th century and what a scourge they were on Europe before that, no thanks to any history class in school. What a great country not to ever step foot in, along with any other Muslim country.
Yeah they are a bunch of hypocrites. It was nice to see that some Russians, being their southern neighbors, see through their veneer as well.
“Targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure will not bring SECURITY. PEACE will not be possible as long as Palestinians aspirations for freedom, dignity and statehood continue to be denied.”
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
1 Thess 5:3
I have been hearing/reading these three words every single day lately : peace, security, safety.