WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken a sharp jab at the Zionist regime in the wake of the recent decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to recognize Israeli-occupied al-Quds as the capital of the Tel Aviv regime, describing Israel as a "terrorist entity” and "killer of children.”
Speaking at a ruling Justice and Development Party’s congress in the central Turkish province of Sivas on Sunday, Erdogan blasted the "disproportionate” force being used by Zionist troops against Palestinian protesters, saying that the regime was an "oppressive and occupation” regime.
The remarks came only a day after the Turkish leader decried Trump’s decision on al-Quds, stressing that the move "contradicts international law and regional facts.”
"America’s decision does not comply with international law and human conscience, justice and regional facts. This statement is a big blow to the United Nations Security Council, to which the U.S. is also a member,” Erdogan said, adding, "The United Nations cannot have any credibility when its Security Council’s permanent members do not respect it.”
"Israel is an occupying state, and their police are shooting the youth and the kids... They are striking Gaza with their F-16s. They are striking Palestine in the meantime,” Erdogan said.
"I am saying this loud and clear, being strong does not mean being right,” the Turkish president pointed out.
Meanwhile, the de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates has warned that Trump's decision to recognize al-Quds as the occupying regime’s capital could provide a lifeline to militants, who have been dealt stinging blows this year.
"The U.S. move could throw a lifebuoy to terrorist and armed groups, which have begun to lose ground in the region,” Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahayan told a delegation from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on Saturday evening.
He stated that Washington's unilateral decision violated UN resolutions.
Sheikh Mohammed also urged the U.S. administration to "reconsider its move and work basically in an effective and neutral manner to draft true principles for peace that serve all and realize development and stability in the region.”