Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, which he said amounted to genocide, and urged the international community to work for a humanitarian ceasefire in the region.

ANKARA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, which he said amounted to genocide, and urged the international community to work for a humanitarian ceasefire in the region.

In a post on social messaging platform X, Erdogan also said Israel was provoking non-regional actors instead of turning back from its mistakes in Gaza, adding that the region needed saving from the “frenzy of madness” supported by Western powers and media.

  • dumdum666@kbin.social
    112·
    1 year ago

    But the hostages are likely the only thing standing in the way of a full blown ethnic cleaning.

    Wow - just wow.

    So to put this into perspective: You are saying that Hamas PREEMPTIVELY took civilian hostages, while massacring more than a thousand other civilians, to PREVENT a „full blown ethnic cleaning“ in Gaza? An alleged ethnic cleaning that now is supposed to take place AFTER Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Terrorists murdered all those civilians?

    However, don’t confuse this with me defending Hamas in any way.

    Noooo… this is not defending Hamas and Islamic Jihad at all. But I do question your ability for reasoning.

    • vind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      Not at all.

      Them taking the hostages was horrible in the first place and likely no real forethought was had for that plan.

      But, after Israel’s war crimes and them showing no sign of slowing down, it is likely the hostages have been one of the only reasons the careless bombings and killings of thousands of civilians (half of which are children) haven’t been even worse (as unfathomable as it may seem)