Netanyahu is 'the Butcher of Gaza,' Erdogan Says
Turkish leader says Israel will be unable to eradicate Hamas, and should instead focus on a two-state solution
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, one of the most powerful critics of Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza that has killed over 15,000 — mainly women and children — now refers to Israeli Prime Minister as “the butcher of Gaza.”
"Our expectation is that these perpetrators of genocide, these butchers of Gaza who were caught red-handed -- especially Netanyahu -- will receive the just punishment," Erdogan said on Saturday, according to France 24.
Erdogan spoke about the latest round of fighting ongoing in the region after a brief pause.
“The Western countries that support Israel, especially the United States and the United Kingdom, always bring up the question ‘What are we going to do about the threat of Hamas?’ instead of looking at the two-state [solution],” Erdogan told reporters on a flight from Dubai, RT.com, the Russian outlet, reported.
“Our answer is: If we put the analysis based on the two-state [solution] in the center, the issues of Gaza and mutual threats will essentially disappear. That is how we need to deal with it,” he said.
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He continued, “The exclusion and destruction of Hamas is not a realistic scenario.
Erdogan has called Israel is a “terror state” as it continues to bomb civilians in Gaza, the coastal city that has been called a modern-day concentration camp.
Erdogan said last month that there is not another army in the world that bombs cities day and night “with its warplanes to kill only children; that sets hospitals, places of worship, schools, marketplaces, buildings, streets on fire. A state that continues this inhuman act with its tanks, artillery, and weapons.”
TRENDPOST: Erdogan said earlier this month that Israel has been “openly committing war crimes for exactly 22 days,” but there have been no calls for a ceasefire from the West.
He told pro-Palestinian protesters in Istanbul that Ankara is gathering information to “present Israel to the world as a war criminal.”