Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that the United States must move to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, stressing that Israel is not only attacking the Palestinians and the Gaza Strip, but all of humanity.
Erdogan said in press statements that the United States must stop turning a deaf ear to calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, explaining that he reminded his American counterpart Joe Biden of the United States’ historical responsibilities regarding stopping the war in Gaza.
Regarding Palestinian reconciliation and the meetings between the Fatah and Hamas movements, Erdogan said that Turkey has a lot that it can do in this regard, “and it is necessary for reconciliation to prevail between the two movements.”
He reiterated that “Hamas is not a terrorist organization and that it is a political party, and I say that again. They are fighting for the rights that they will obtain as a political party.”
Gaza revival and reconstruction
He stated that his government is currently interested in removing the wounded and sick from Gaza and transporting them to Turkey for treatment, and after that, “if the Israeli attacks end, our agenda will be to revive Gaza, and we must mobilize the Islamic world for that.”
He explained that his meetings with leaders of the Gulf states and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation were to emphasize participation in the efforts to rebuild and revive Gaza.
Erdogan had stressed in previous statements that the most logical and sustainable solution is to establish the guarantor mechanism proposed by Turkey, fulfill the promises and establish an independent, sovereign and geographically contiguous State of Palestine on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital.
