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Turkey's
Erdogan calls Israel a "terrorist state"
21
Novemberl, 2012
ISTANBUL:
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan described Israel Tuesday as a
"terrorist state" in carrying out its bombardment of Gaza.
His
comments came after Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 100
people. An Israeli missile killed at least 11 Palestinian civilians
including four children in Gaza on Sunday.
"Those
who associate Islam with terrorism close their eyes in the face of
mass killing of Muslims, turn their heads from the massacre of
children in Gaza," Erdogan told a conference of the Eurasian
Islamic Council in Istanbul.
"For
this reason, I say that Israel is a terrorist state, and its acts are
terrorist acts," he said.
Ties
between Israel and Turkey crumbled after Israeli marines stormed an
aid ship in 2010 to enforce a naval blockade of the Palestinian-run
Gaza Strip. Nine Turks were killed in clashes with activists on
board.
Ankara
expelled Israel's ambassador and froze military cooperation after a
U.N. report into the incident released in September last year largely
exonerated the Jewish state.
Earlier
this month Turkey opened the trial in absentia of four former Israeli
military commanders over the 2010 raid.
Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is to travel to Gaza on Tuesday with
a group of foreign ministers from the Arab League.
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