Turkey has halted all trade with Israel, citing the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the Palestinian territories, which prompted strong criticism from the Israeli foreign minister.
“Export and import transactions related to Israel have been stopped, covering all products,” Turkey’s trade ministry said late on Thursday.
“Turkey will strictly and decisively implement these new measures until the Israeli government allows an uninterrupted and sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.”
Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, accused Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, of acting like a “dictator” after the restrictions were first reported.
I can’t believe joe brandon and snoozin trump are being outflanked on the left by a right wing dictator. Broken clock or something I guess.
he would never do that, if the second biggest islamic party, known as yeniden refah partisi, didn’t say so. some ak parti voters, voted to yeniden refah partisi, just because they didn’t want this to continue. fatih erbakan, who is in charge of that party, probably will cause more problems in the future for erdogan
Erdogan stopped wagging his ZIonist tail real quick after his massive losses in the recent election
Gd, when even fucking Erdogan thinks you’re going too far. I know they’re a usually antagonistic force to the West, but they are a real player in the region, so this is still good pressure on Israel. Even if it happens to be opportunistic.
Turkey/Erdogan aligns with the West most of the time. He’s antagonistic sometimes, and that’s what makes headlines so is the image most people have developed of him. He’s been staunchly pro-Palestine since he took office in 2003, and has had pretty poor relations with Israel for almost the entire last 20 years, so this is not surprising
Let’s make no mistake, this dude isn’t doing this out of some semblance of morals. Dudes an authoritarian dictator
Why is he doing it then?
I actually would like to know the answer. Maybe he’s trying to get an easy win over the West? Maybe he’s trying to more strongly align with the Muslim world?
Analysis: Ruling party errors give Turkey’s opposition hope for future
Finally, another factor has emerged in the past six months as a result of Israel’s war on Gaza – a widespread perception that the government has ignored its core base’s emotional response to the suffering in Gaza and disappointment with its policies on the issue.
This has created a sense of betrayal and alienation among those who have traditionally supported the ruling party because of its ties to Islamic identity and has been one of the fundamental causes of the rise of the conservative New Welfare Party, which advocates cutting trade links and severing diplomatic ties with Israel.
Turns out Genocide on brown people is less popular in the middle east.
