President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed US President Joe Biden for support to Israel, reminding him about his recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
According to Erdogan, US military aid helps make possible “Israel’s aggression against the Palestinians who lack resources for self-defense”. “We saw Biden’s signature on the document on the major sale of arms to Israel,” Erdogan said, referring to the news about the US selling weapons to its closest ally in the Middle East.
“Mr. Biden, you support the Armenians with regard to the so-called Armenian genocide. Now you are going down in history with bloody hands by supporting Israel, which is attacking Gaza with disproportionate force,” he said, adding that Turkey won’t keep silent and will continue the fight for Al-Quds (Jerusalem-ed.).ADVERTISING
The Turkish leader also slammed Austria for supporting Israel and declared that Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s Cabinet is trying to “expiate the guilt of the Holocaust” “by forcing Muslims to pay for that”.
Using Palestinian and Armenian causes as political tools by rogue and inhumane states of Turkey and Israel against each other is really disgusting. After any brutal massacre of Palestinians, sultan Erdogan comes into play as a so-called “friend” of Palestine and starts shedding crocodile tears for them (with hollow rhetoric sometimes including threat of severing diplomatic relations with Israel). On the other side, Israelis grab the opportunity and shamelessly threat Turkey with recognition of Armenian Genocide. This vicious cycle continues until everything is calmed down and again there is business as usual between the two rogue states. There is an old Persian proverb saying: “A knife will never cut its handle!”