Turkey has halted all trade with Israel, citing the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the Palestinian territories, which prompted strong criticism from the Israeli foreign minister.
“Export and import transactions related to Israel have been stopped, covering all products,” Turkey’s trade ministry said late on Thursday.
“Turkey will strictly and decisively implement these new measures until the Israeli government allows an uninterrupted and sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.”
Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, accused Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, of acting like a “dictator” after the restrictions were first reported.
Turkey is invading Rojava/Kurdistan right now. What a fucking double standard.
“Humanitarian tragedy”
Just say “genocide”, cowards.
Ooh pick me, pick me, I’m American, but my great grandfather was Armenian. Want to know why he came to America suddenly?
It’s terrible. If it wasn’t for one of my best friends being Armenian, I most likely wouldn’t know. They didn’t teach that in any school I attended (thru college)
A good move by Turkey.
At the surface level - itd call it moralistic at best.
Whether it was a good move - Israel is something like 76% of Turkey exports. You think that will bode well for jobs and general quality of life?
Sorry, looks like it’s much less. Going to have to go back and check where I found that.
Edit: great, now confused. I think it’s 76% of Israel imports was turkey exports. Source is Bloomberg, but posted on .ml
Are you some kind of CEO? You’re implying that you should abandon your morals if it hurts your bottom line.
You wanted to insult the Turkish government but you just wound up making them sound awesome
Its so refreshing to see actual data instead of people just constantly making shit up
Damn, rare W from Erdogan here
Let’s make no mistake, this dude isn’t doing this out of some semblance of morals. Dudes an authoritarian dictator
I actually would like to know the answer. Maybe he’s trying to get an easy win over the West? Maybe he’s trying to more strongly align with the Muslim world?
Analysis: Ruling party errors give Turkey’s opposition hope for future
Finally, another factor has emerged in the past six months as a result of Israel’s war on Gaza – a widespread perception that the government has ignored its core base’s emotional response to the suffering in Gaza and disappointment with its policies on the issue.
This has created a sense of betrayal and alienation among those who have traditionally supported the ruling party because of its ties to Islamic identity and has been one of the fundamental causes of the rise of the conservative New Welfare Party, which advocates cutting trade links and severing diplomatic ties with Israel.
Turns out Genocide on brown people is less popular in the middle east.