He criticized the Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan Today, Monday, some European countries banned demonstrations of solidarity with Palestine, although they allow the holding of events that allow insulting the Holy Qur’an, under the pretext of freedom of expression.
Fidan said – while receiving European Union diplomats in Ankara – that “some European countries taking steps to ban pro-Palestine demonstrations, and at the same time allowing attacks targeting our holy book, the Holy Qur’an, under the pretext of freedom of expression, is a double standard.”
Those in solidarity with Palestine in a number of European countries face restrictions, bans, and interference from security forces and authorities to prevent demonstrations and marches, reaching the point of arrests and suspensions.
While there are no restrictions or bans on pro-Israel demonstrations, pro-Palestine demonstrations were held under heavy police guard and violent intervention.
Regarding the continuation of the Israeli war on Gaza, the Turkish Foreign Minister said – during his meeting with the head of the European Union mission in Turkey, Nicholas Meyer-Landrut, and the ambassadors of the EU countries – that the attacks targeting civilians are unacceptable, stressing the need to stop them immediately and declare a ceasefire. fire.
He added, “We must prevent the conflict from reaching a regional level, and begin the peace process aimed at a two-state solution as soon as possible, within the framework of agreed-upon criteria, and in this context we are convinced of the possibility of using the guarantor mechanism.”
Fidan had said in previous statements that those who support Israel’s actions under the pretext of solidarity with it are “partners in its crimes.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also accused Western powers of being “the main culprits in the Gaza massacres, with the exception of some consciences that raised their voices.”
He also pointed out the double standards by saying, “You cried for the children in Ukraine. Why is this silence regarding the children killed in Gaza?”
The Gaza Strip has been subjected to continuous bombardment for more than 3 weeks, after the Palestinian resistance launched an operation Al-Aqsa flood Which took Israel by surprise on October 7th.
The unprecedented Israeli bombing left more than 8,300 martyrs, most of them women and children, in addition to more than 20,000 injured, and destroyed entire neighborhoods in Gaza.
