US envoy says no solution in Gaza without Türkiye

from Daily Sabah

“It is tough to see any long-term, durable solution in Gaza without regional powers like (Türkiye) playing a role,” U.S. Ambassador to Ankara Jeff Flake said.

Ankara has been a staunch advocate of a two-state solution, with an independent Palestine, even before a new round of conflict began between Palestine and Israel last October. This time, it escalated its rhetoric against the United States over the latter’s blatant support of what President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calls “war crimes” committed by the Netanyahu administration against innocent Palestinians.

Speaking in a televised interview with MSNBC, Flake highlighted Türkiye’s position as a country sitting in the middle of a war to the north in Ukraine and a war to the south in Gaza.

“As a 97% Muslim country, obviously there are deep feelings of affinity with the Palestinians, so they are very critical of what Israel has done in terms of going into Gaza,” Flake said...

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