Turkey censures Israeli regime over ‘racist’ annexation plan
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has denounced Israel for continuing its “aggressive” policies after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his plan to annex more areas of the occupied West Bank following the upcoming elections.
Cavusoglu made the remarks on Sunday in Jeddah where the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held an emergency meeting to discuss Netanyahu's recent remarks.
He condemned Netanyahu's "embarrassing" plan as a "despicable" attempt to get votes ahead of Tuesday's elections.
Turkey’s top diplomat also censured what he called a lack of reaction from other Muslim states.
"Israel, encouraged by the support of certain countries, is continuing its aggressive policies that are turning it into a racist, apartheid regime," Turkey’s official Anadolu news agency cited Cavusoglu as saying, adding, "If the whole Muslim community had reacted together, the reckless plans, policies and behavior of the United States and Israel would never have reached this point."
Reacting to Netanyahu's plan, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) warned that Netanyahu’s promise is the tip of the iceberg.
According to a weekly report by the PLO's National Office for the Defense of Land and Resistance of Settlement released on Saturday, Netanyahu plans to annex 75 percent of Area C, which accounts for more than 60 percent of the occupied West Bank, and would form a significant part of a future Palestine state under the so-called two-state solution. It is fully controlled by Israeli authorities.
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