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| Tayyip Erdogan said his country no longer allow Turkish funds go into Israel. |
Turkey officially ends relations with Israel!
NATO ally Turkey announced it will no longer support Israel and its decision to strike Hamas. It also stated that the Muslim world and Arab allies should unite to defeat the Israeli Defence Force and Israeli Occupying Force.
The White House and Congress continue the farce of allowing "Israel to defend itself."
The House of Representatives passed a $14.5 billion military aid package which excluded funding Ukraine. President Joe Biden has talked to Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu and had urged him to not engage in a ground offense.
Israel has called for the United Nations to be abolished. They warned that Israel has violated numerous resolutions and they are calling for immediate ceasefire.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said enough is enough.
Turkey said Saturday it was recalling its ambassador to Israel and breaking off contacts with Netanyahu in protest at the bloodshed in Gaza.
Ankara announced the decisions on the eve of what promises to be a difficult visit to Turkey by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Palestinian ally Turkey had been mending torn relations with Israel until last month's start of the Israel-Hamas war.
But its tone hardened against both Israel and its Western supporters -- particularly the United States -- as the fighting escalated and the death toll among Palestinian civilians soared.
The Turkish foreign ministry said ambassador Sakir Ozkan Torunlar was being recalled for consultations "in view of the unfolding humanitarian tragedy in Gaza caused by the continuing attacks by Israel against civilians, and Israel's refusal (to accept) a ceasefire".
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| A tale of two dictators. Turkish president Erdogan breaks with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. |
Israeli forces have encircled Gaza's largest city while trying to crush Hamas in retaliation for October 7 raids into Israel that officials say killed around 1,400 people -- mostly civilians -- and saw some 240 people taken hostage.
The Gaza health ministry in Gaza says around 9,500 people -- mostly women and children -- have since been killed in Israeli strikes and the intensifying ground campaign.
Erdogan led a massive rally in Istanbul last weekend during which he accused the Israeli government of behaving like a "war criminal" and trying to "eradicate" Palestinians.
Still more protests will greet Blinken on Sunday when the top US diplomat begins a two-day visit to Ankara marking the last leg if his Middle East tour.
Erdogan separately told reporters that he held Netanyahu personally responsible for the growing civilian death toll in the Gaza Strip.
"Netanyahu is no longer someone we can talk to. We have written him off," Turkish media quoted Erdogan as saying.
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Israel had earlier withdrawn all diplomats from Turkey and other regional countries as a security precaution.
The Israeli foreign ministry said last weekend it was "re-evaluating" relations with Ankara because of Turkey's increasingly heated rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war.
Blinkin told Israeli officials that instituting a humanitarian pause will ultimately help buy additional time to execute a ground invasion of Gaza.
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