Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns that Israel was seeking to drag the world into “disaster” after strikes on Iran, urging the international community to stop what he called Israel’s “banditry.”
A vocal critic of Israel and a fervent advocate of the Palestinian cause, Erdogan accuses Israel of carrying “its strategy of drowning our region, especially Gaza, in blood, tears and instability to a very dangerous stage” after a wave of airstrikes on Iran.
“Israel’s attacks on our neighbor Iran are a clear provocation that disregards international law,” he says.
“The international community must put an end to Israeli banditry that targets global and regional stability,” says Erdogan.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government “is trying to drag our region and the entire world into disaster with its reckless, aggressive and lawless actions,” he adds.
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