New York (National Times) Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at the United Nations for inaction on Gaza and accused Israel of turning the Palestinian territory into the \u201cworld\u2019s largest children\u2019s and women\u2019s cemetery\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, he said, \u201cIn Gaza, not only are children dying, but also the United Nations system. The values the West claims to defend are dying, the truth is dying, and the hopes of humanity to live in a more just world are dying \u2013 one by one.\u201d
An outspoken critic of Israel\u2019s offensive in Gaza, Erdogan also chastised the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for dragging the Middle East region deeper \u201cinto war\u201d. He urged the international community to stop \u201cNetanyahu and his murder network,\u201d comparing the prime minister to Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust as Hitler was stopped by the alliance of humanity 70 years ago, Netanyahu and his murder network must be stopped by the \u2018alliance of humanity\u2019,\u201d he said.
The Turkish president called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, where Israeli military operations have killed at least 41,467 people. In Israel, the number of those killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 was at least 1,139, while more than 200 people were taken captive.
\u201cAn immediate and permanent ceasefire should be achieved, a hostage-prisoner exchange should be carried out, and humanitarian aid should be delivered to Gaza in an unhindered and uninterrupted way,\u201d Erdogan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other regional leaders also spoke out against Israel\u2019s war on Gaza at the UNGA on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jordan\u2019s King Abdullah II ruled out the possibility of his country becoming an \u201calternative homeland\u201d for the Palestinians, warning that their forced displacement by Israel would be a \u201cwar crime.\u201d
He said he was responding to proposals floated by \u201cextremists who are taking our region to the brink of an all-out war\u201d.
The monarch urged the international community to join \u201ca massive relief effort to deliver food, clean water, medicine and other vital supplies\u201d to the Gaza Strip, where nearly a year of war has triggered \u201cunprecedented suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI urge all nations of conscience to unite with Jordan in the critical weeks ahead on this mission,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Qatar\u2019s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said Israel\u2019s war in the Gaza strip was a \u201cgenocide\u201d as he addressed world leaders at the UNGA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe blatant aggression that befalls the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip today is the most barbaric, heinous and extensive aggression,\u201d he said, calling the conflict \u201ca crime of genocide\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New York (National Times) Turkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at the United Nations for inaction on Gaza and accused Israel of turning the Palestinian territory into the \u201cworld\u2019s largest children\u2019s and women\u2019s cemetery\u201d. Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, he said, \u201cIn Gaza, not only are children […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n