ANKARA, SANA-Turkish parliament on Friday adopted a parliamentary motion condemning Israel’s expanded occupation in Gaza and its genocide against the Palestinian people.
According to Anadolu Agency, the General Assembly convened under speaker Numan Kurtulmus for an extraordinary session to discuss Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza, what lawmakers described as genocide and oppression of the Palestinian people, its famine policies, and the current situation in the region.
The motion said Israel’s decades-long policies of occupation, destruction, and annexation against the Palestinian people have turned into genocide in Gaza over the past two years.
With the expansion of its occupation operation, the motion said, Israel has escalated its “massacres and oppression,” killing nearly 70,000 people – the majority women and children – wounding over 150,000, and destroying much of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure.
It also expressed that apart from the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, no global body has acted to stop Israel’s unlawful decisions and massacres.
Turkish parliament urges global action against Israel and wider recognition of Palestine
“We urge that Israel’s membership in the UN and other international bodies be suspended until it halts its genocidal policies,” the Turkish parliament said in its memorandum, adding that all national parliaments should cut military and commercial ties with Israel and work to lift the embargo imposed on Palestine.
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