The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, defended this Tuesday that Israel’s nuclear arsenal “is an issue on which we cannot remain silent” and we will work to keep this issue on the international agenda.
Erdogan stressed that he will work to keep issues related to Israel’s nuclear arsenal on the international agenda, after an Israeli minister said a nuclear strike on Gaza was a “possibility.”
“Israel openly admits and confesses that he possesses nuclear weaponsbut neither the United Nations Security Council nor the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) opened an investigation,” he said, according to the Turkish newspaper ‘Hurriyet’.
“Those who do not speak against Israel today cannot criticize other countries in the future,” he said, adding that he is not surprised by the support “for Israel’s lies by those who occupied Iraq under the pretext of the existence of nuclear weapons and chemicals”. weapons”, referring to the United States.
Following the statements of the Israeli Heritage Minister, Amihai Eliyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister’s office, Benjamin Netanyahu, separated from these words and announced his “Indefinite” suspension of upcoming meetings ministerial. Amihai Eliyahu remains, for now, in office, before the sentences from various countries Regional.
The Israeli authorities, one of the main opponents of the restoration of the nuclear agreement signed in 2015 by Iran, maintain a policy of “nuclear ambiguity” and have neither officially confirmed nor denied the possession of these weapons, although it is considered that Israel would have dozens or hundreds of these weapons after the revelation of their program by a former nuclear technician in the 1980s.
The Turkish president also denounced “total brutality” of the Israeli army in its offensive against the Gaza Strip, stating that “it is a barbarism equivalent to that experienced during the occupation in the Crusades, a thousand years ago, and in the Second World War, 80 years ago.”.
Erdogan, who reiterated his accusations against Israel of “state terrorism” in Gaza, stressed that Netanyahu is trying to regain his popularity in the country “by bombing places of worship, schools and hospitals.”
“The hospitalsin particular, became a symbol of Israel’s brutality. Almost all hospitals operating in Gaza have been destroyed, damaged or unusable”he stated.
Israel launched its offensive in the Gaza Strip following attacks by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on October 7, which left around 1,200 dead and 240 kidnapped.
Authorities in Gaza, controlled by Hamas since 2007, recorded more than 13,300 dead in the Israeli attacks, while More than 200 Palestinians were killed. by Israeli security forces or in settler attacks in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since October 7.
Source: TSF
