Erdogan Slams US For Blocking Palestinian Leaders At UN; Belgium Sanctions Israel
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Erdogan Slams US For Blocking Palestinian Leaders At UN; Belgium Sanctions Israel
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is fuming after the Trump administration blocked Palestinian Authority (PA) leaders from attending the upcoming United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York scheduled for later this month.
PA leader Mahmoud Abbas is not being issued a visa to enter US soil (along with his delegation), as retribution for his leading the charge in support of a Palestinian state, and for waging a 'lawfare campaign' against Prime Minister Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. Erdogan said this only plays into Israel's hands, which is busy conducting "massacres" and "cruelty" in Gaza.
Source: Xinhua
The move "does not fit the United Nations’ raison d’etre," Erdogan told reporters on a flight after leaving China, where he attended the SCO Tianjin Summit 2025. "The decision needs to be urgently revised. The United Nations General Assembly exists for the issues of the world to be discussed and for solutions to be found," he said.
"The Palestinian delegation not being at the General Assembly would only please Israel," he added. "What is expected from the United States is to say ‘stop’ to Israel’s massacres, cruelty."
Turkey has throughout much of the conflict been hands down the most vocal global critic of Israe