Erdoğan at UN: 'Western values dying in Gaza'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that the values upheld by the United Nations and the Western world are "dying in Gaza" as the conflict there persists in his speech during the UN General Assembly in New York.

Tuesday September 24 2024 08:42 pm

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sept. 24 that the values of the United Nations' system and the Western world are dying in Gaza as the conflict continues there, calling for an "alliance of humanity" to stop Israel.

In a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, Erdoğan reiterated his harsh criticism on Israel over its military campaign in the Gaza strip and on the Western countries for their support to Israel.

"Along with children in Gaza, the United Nations system is also dying, the truth is dying, the values that the West claims to defend are dying, the hopes of humanity to live in a fairer world are dying one by one," Erdoğan said.

NATO member Turkey has condemned Israel's military campaign in the Palestinian territories that resulted in the death of tens of thousands of civilian deaths.

Turkey halted all trade with Israel and applied to join a genocide case against Israel at the World Court. Israel has repeatedly dismissed the genocide case as baseless, arguing in the court that its operations in Gaza are self-defense and target Gaza's ruling Hamas group.

"Those who are supposedly working for a ceasefire continue to send weapons and ammunition to Israel behind the stage, so that it can continue its massacres. This is inconsistency and insincerity," Erdoğan said.

Erdoğan also said that Turkey stands with the people of Lebanon as Israel began to bomb and killing the citizens of another neighbor recently.