Turkish President Erdogan blames Biden and the US for war crimes in Gaza
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said US President Joe Biden and his administration were complicit in what he called Israeli war crimes and violations of international law in the Gaza conflict and called for sanctions against Israel.
In an interview with Newsweek during the NATO summit in Washington, Erdogan said Israel’s “brutal murder” of civilians and its attacks on hospitals, aid centers and elsewhere were war crimes.
“However, the US government ignores these violations and supports Israel to the greatest extent possible. This is at the cost of being complicit in these violations,” Erdogan was quoted as saying.
“Who will impose what kind of sanctions on Israel at this point for violating international law? That is the real question and no one is answering it,” he said.
Israel consistently denies the accusation that it committed war crimes in the fight against the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It denies deliberately targeting civilians.
According to reports, 38,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed since the war began on October 7, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip. In the cross-border terror attack that sparked the war, Hamas killed more than 1,200 people and kidnapped more than 250.
Turkey’s relations with BRICS and SCO
NATO member Turkey has condemned Israel’s attack on Gaza, suspended trade with the country and expressed support for Hamas. It has repeatedly criticized Western countries for supporting Israel and called for Israel to be punished by international courts.
Asked about Turkey’s friendly relations with Russia and China, as well as Ankara’s recent contacts with the BRICS group and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Erdogan said Turkey was pursuing its diplomacy in the spirit of a “win-win” approach and therefore could not rule out cooperation with non-Western organizations.
“We are a staunch NATO ally. However, we do not believe that this hinders our ability to build positive relations with countries like China and Russia,” Erdogan told Newsweek.
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