Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş said that the International Court of Justice’s decision constitutes a turning point for the Palestinian and humanitarian issues.
This came on his way back to his country on the plane after completing a 4-day visit to Bahrain and the Emirates.
The Speaker of the Turkish Parliament indicated that he made two successful visits to Bahrain and the Emirates (between Sunday and Wednesday), and their timing was right.
He added that he met with senior officials in both countries, and noted that the officials he met in Bahrain and the UAE have positive approaches towards Turkey.
Commenting on the events taking place in Palestine and Gaza in particular, Kurtulmuş said, “The world faces a practical threat.”
He explained, “This threat should not be viewed as a threat that Palestine faces only, or as a genocide that has already exceeded the level of massacre against the Palestinian people.”
He added, “In the eyes of the world, the number of Palestinian deaths has exceeded 30,000,” and the Speaker of the Turkish Parliament pointed out that “the number may rise if the number of missing persons and undocumented deaths is taken into account.”
-Advertisement-
He stressed that “every bomb that falls on Gaza is considered a bomb that falls on the capitals of countries in the region, no matter how far those countries feel that they are far from the Palestinian cause.”
He added, “(The decision) of the International Court in The Hague constitutes a turning point not only for the Palestinian issue, but also for the humanitarian issue, meaning that, God willing, nothing will remain as it is.”
He pointed out that the Palestinian people paid high prices, and must not pay more prices from now on, and (must) live a life full of prosperity, peace and security.
He explained that people of conscience, especially the countries of the region, agree on this issue.
On January 26, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to take measures to prevent genocide against the Palestinians and improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, but the decision did not include a “ceasefire” text.
On January 11 and 12, the International Court of Justice in The Hague held two public hearings as part of the start of consideration of the lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel on charges of committing “genocide crimes” against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Since last October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip that, as of Thursday, left “27,19 martyrs and 66,139 injured.”
Most of them are children and women,” according to the Palestinian authorities, and it caused “massive destruction and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” according to the United Nations.
