TURKEY WILL NOT LET ISRAEL GET AWAY

TURKEY WILL NOT LET ISRAEL GET AWAY

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August 12, 2022

In strongly worded remarks, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoðlu of Turkey has stated that Turkey will not let Israel get away with the killing of nine activists on a Gaza-bound aid ship by Israeli commandos, reiterating Ankara’s stance that the issue is between Israel and the conscience of the international community. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has proposed the establishment of an international commission to investigate the lethal Israeli operation that has caused an international uproar and intensified calls for an end to the Israeli blockade of the impoverished Gaza Strip. However, Israel swiftly rejected the proposal. “The international community is facing a serious test. Does a country have the right to intercept a ship in international waters or not? This is a question that has priority,” Davutoðlu said at a joint news conference with the foreign ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Davutoðlu met with Zalmai Rassoul of Afghanistan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi of Pakistan as part of a trilateral process launched in April 2007 on Turkey’s initiative.