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Madrid, July 11. (European Press) –
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused his US counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday of “complicity” in potential war crimes committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip, whose attacks have killed more than 38,300 people in nine months.
“What is happening between Israel and Gaza is not a war, but Israeli attacks on Gaza, which do not respect human rights or international law,” Erdogan said in response to questions from Newsweek magazine during his participation in the NATO summit days in Washington.
In this sense, Erdogan criticized the United States for ignoring the “violations” committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip against the Palestinians, who are “simply defending their homes, their streets and their homeland,” he said.
Erdogan stressed that despite the fact that Israel is committing “brutal murders” of innocent people, bombing markets, ambulances, humanitarian aid centers and areas that have been defined as safe, the Joe Biden administration continues to provide them with support “at the expense of being partners.”
He denounced that “Israel has been treating Gaza as an open-air prison for years. They are usurping Palestinian homes, businesses and farms through the thieving terrorists they call settlers.”
Erdogan stressed that “Israel has been practicing systematic state terrorism in the Palestinian territories for years,” also warning that Israel “threatens” other countries in the region “with its attempts to extend the conflict.”
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