AA / Ankara / Muhammed Enes Calli
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday urged the United Nations General Assembly to immediately recommend the use of force for Gaza, following the example of the 1950 “Uniting for Peace” resolution.
The Turkish president was speaking after the cabinet meeting held in Ankara.
The “Union for the Maintenance of Peace” or “Acheson Resolution”, adopted in November 1950, provides that in all cases where the Security Council, in the absence of agreement among its five permanent members, does not act as it in the interests of international security and peace, the General Assembly may make appropriate recommendations to the members of the United Nations to take collective action, including the use of armed force in the event of need.
“Defending Palestine and Lebanon means defending humanity, peace and the culture of coexistence of different beliefs,” Erdogan added.
The Turkish head of state once again denounced Israel’s incessant attacks against Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.
“A handful of radical Zionists, whose eyes are filled with blood and hatred, have set our region and the whole world on fire and blood. I say it clearly, we will never consent to this cruelty and barbarity,” he pointed out.
Erdogan notably called on Islamic nations to “react in the most vigorous manner to the persecutions in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.”
“Islamic countries should respond in the strongest possible manner to the persecutions in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. As Muslims, we must lead the world in preventing oppression and lending support to the oppressed.” , he insisted.
And the Turkish president continued: “The international community can no longer remain silent in the face of Israel’s brutality, which is setting the entire region on fire. We call on the international community and the Islamic world to act for the peace of all in our region, both Muslims and Jews and Christians,” he said.
Erdogan has regularly criticized the UN Security Council’s inaction over the past year, as Israel has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and launched massive airstrikes in Lebanon in recent days.
Erdogan also declared that Turkiye had delivered 30 tons of humanitarian aid to Lebanon. He specified that the 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid from Türkiye had arrived in Beirut last Wednesday, reaffirming Ankara’s desire to continue its assistance as long as security conditions permitted.
“Türkiye has become the voice of all oppressed peoples who fight for freedom, justice, rights and fairness on the international stage,” he said.
Since September 23, Israel has launched massive airstrikes against what it calls Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, killing more than 960 people and injuring more than 2,770 others, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Several Hezbollah leaders were killed in the assault, including Hassan Nasrallah.
Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in a cross-border war since the start of the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip, which has left nearly 41,600 people dead, mainly women and children, since October 7 last year. .
The international community has warned that Israeli attacks on Lebanon could cause the Gaza conflict to escalate into a larger regional war.
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