8 minutes agoErdogan: US looking for partner in new bloodshed
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)The US has become a <x0parter seeking bloodshed” with its decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “With its decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the United States has become partners in a bloodbath”, Erdogan said at an event marking the day [...]
“With its decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the United States has become partners in a bloodbath”, Erdogan said at an event marking World Human Rights Day in Ankara on December 11th.
US President Donald Trump's statement does not connect us, nor does it connect Jerusalem with the Muslim world,” he added.
Erdogan, who has been among the most critical leaders against recognising Jerusalem by Trump as the Israeli capital, continued his criticism of the United States decision to move his embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, reports “Hurriyet Daily News”, broadcast Periscopi.
Recalling that a road plan in Jerusalem will be discussed at a summit of the Islamic Organising Conference (OIC) in Istanbul on 13 December, which will mark a “turning”, Erdogan described the Jerusalem issue as a “test of greed” for all human rights lawyers.
The “those who do not face the oppressed and the righteous in this matter cannot have the right to say a word about regional and global peace or human rights. We will monitor statements about Palestine and Jerusalem then act in accordance with the” circumstances, he said.
On December 6th, US President Donald Trump announced US recognition of Jerusalem as the inseparable capital “of Israel, saying the US Embassy would be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The dramatic shift in Washington's Jerusalem policy has sparked protests in the occupied Palestinian territories of Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq and other predominantly Muslim countries./Periscopi/
