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Israel reassesses diplomatic relations with Turkey after Erdogan comments

2023-10-28 21:46:24Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Israel reassesses diplomatic relations with Turkey after Erdogan comments

Israel said on Saturday it had called for consultations its diplomats in Turkey over "increasingly harsh statements" coming from official Ankara.

The announcement came after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in front of a large crowd protesting in Istanbul that his government was preparing to bring war crimes charges against Israel because of actions in the Gaza Strip.

For security reasons, Israel earlier removed diplomats from Turkey.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on X Network, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that diplomats were now being ordered to withdraw to examine diplomatic relations between Turkey and Israel.

Cohen's statement suggests a move that could cut off newly restored diplomatic ties between the two countries. Until the publication of this news, there has been no reaction from the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

Earlier on Saturday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a pro-Palestinian rally attended by hundreds of thousands of protesters that Ankara was planning to formally accuse Israel of war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

"Israel, we will declare you war criminals before the world," Erdogan said without clarifying the mechanisms he intends to use or what the move would mean. We are making preparations and we will declare Israel as a criminal war criminal before the world."

The president's office did not comment on Erdogan's statement.

The ICC's chief prosecutor says an investigation opened in 2021 into allegations of crimes in the Palestinian territories could examine claims of war crimes during the current conflict between Israel and Hamas.

In his speech to protesters in Istanbul, Erdogan said Western countries were responsible for more than 7,700 people, which Gaza's Hamas-led Health Ministry said had been killed over the past three weeks.

He accused the West of failing to stop the intense bombing of Israel after hamas militants, the group that rules the Palestinian territory, broke through the border by killing and abducting people in southern Israel on October 7.

At the start of the conflict, Erdogan called on both sides to end hostilities. Turkey said it was involved in talks to try to secure the release of more than 220 hostages taken by Hamas. It is unclear whether these efforts are yielding any results.

But in recent days, the Turkish leader has stepped up criticism of Israel. Erdogan has called Israel's actions in Gaza "genocide" and said hamas, considered a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States and the European Union, is a group fighting for the liberation of its country and its people.

In the past, Turkey has hosted several Hamas leaders.

Last year Turkey and Israel appointed ambassadors to their respective countries, opening a new chapter in diplomatic relations after years of tensions.

In 2018, Turkey recalled its ambassador to Israel and expelled Israel's ambassador in protest against the killing of dozens of Palestinians by Israelis on the Gaza border. /Voa


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