Turkey: suspension of trade with Israel, banners brandished in stadiums, support for Palestine in strong acts

Turkey: suspension of trade with Israel, banners brandished in stadiums, support for Palestine in strong acts

Solidarity with the martyred land of Palestine are not empty words on the other side of the Bosphorus. Clawed, proclaimed, hammered, they resonate all the more strongly because they are followed by facts, from the highest peaks of power to the stands of several football stadiums.

It was without mincing his words that President Erdogan expressed his deepest indignation, both at the “ Netanyahu's nameless cruelty towards children, women and the elderly » and the infamous complicity of the West, emphasizing thatas Muslims, unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people, in these dire hours, were not empty words in Turkey.

Words which have been translated into various strong acts, on the diplomatic and economic level, including the suspension of trade with the Israeli apartheid state is non-negotiable… A suspension which will last as long as Israeli war criminals have free rein white to perpetrate one of the most appalling contemporary genocides, in the heart of a Gaza Strip in ruins.

The whole West works for Israel. They all work for Israel, especially the United States. By mobilizing so many resources, unfortunately, they condemned the Palestinians to death in the face of Israeli bombs », castigated the strong man of Ankara last Friday, during a press point organized as he left the mosque.

IL There was a trading volume of $9.5 billion between us. We closed this door considering that this volume did not exist “, he insisted, adding: “ There is nothing acceptable about the developments in the situation between Israel and Palestine. Israel has mercilessly killed nearly 45,000 Palestinians to date. As Muslims, it is unthinkable for us to remain spectators of this situation. What steps do we need to take? We took them “.

At the same time, in Trabzon, on the shores of the Black Sea, the poignant expression of solidarity with Palestine took on its full meaning, appearing large on the immense banner displayed by hundreds of Turkish supporters of the club football Trabzonspor Kulübü.