Recognition of Palestine
During the general debate of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, the president of Turkey expressed his gratitude to the countries that recognised Palestine and at the same time called on the another countries to take specified a decision. He stressed that Turkey would be a spokesperson for the Palestinian cause, noting the absence of president Mahmud Abbas in the Chamber.
It's hard to call what's happening in the Gaza Strip a war. – Erdogan assessed. – We can't talk about 2 pages. On 1 side is simply a regular army with the most deadly weapon, on the another – innocent civilians and children.
He emphasized that humanity had fallen in the Gaza Strip, and that the Israeli authorities had been attributed to crazy actions. According to the president of Turkey, silence towards “the barbarism in Gaza” means shared work for these events.
Hamas as the Resistance
In an interview with Fox News, Erdogan stated that Hamas viewed not as a terrorist organization but as a opposition movement. He besides announced talks with the United States regarding the acquisition of F-35 and F-16 aircraft. His gathering at the White home with president Donald Trump is scheduled for Thursday.
In fresh weeks Turkey has called for Israel to be suspended in the associate States' rights of global organisations, including the UN General Assembly.
Turkey has long demanded the establishment of an independent Palestine within the pre-1967 limits, with the capital in East Jerusalem. As a consequence of the six-day war, Israel then took over the Golan Hills belonging to Syria, the West Bank of Jordan, part of Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, and the Sinai Peninsula, which in 1979, under a peace agreement with Egypt, was returned to that country. The planned independent Palestine would include the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Current situation in Gaza
In nearly 2 years of Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip about 65,000 people lost their lives and 164,000 were injured. The actual number of victims is likely to be much higher due to the fact that thousands of bodies are inactive under the rubble.
On Sunday, the decision to recognise Palestine was announced by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Portugal and France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Andorra and San Marino. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon stressed that his state is opposed to the creation of Palestine.
