Erdogan criticizes US for sending aircraft carrier to Eastern Mediterranean

He turkish presidentthe conservative Islamist Recep Tayyip Erdoğancriticized “the West” on Thursday for not having stopped Israel’s massive attacks on Gaza, and especially Washington for having sent an aircraft carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean.

“Nothing can justify massacre-type attacks against my brothers and sisters in Gaza,” ” Erdogan said during a meeting in Ankara with young supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Erdogan already The day before, he had described the bombings in the Gaza Strip as “disproportionate”. with which Israel reacts to the unprecedented bloody attack it suffered last Saturday from the fundamentalist group Hamas.

Today critical as well as the Western countries are not preventing the isolation to which Israel subjects the Palestinians in Gaza.

“Right now, there is no water, no bread, no food in Gaza. This goes against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Where is the West? They are not taking action not”did he declare.

He also suggested that The United States “adds fuel to the fire” by sending an aircraft carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean.

According to Washington, the objective of this measure is to deter other adversaries of Israel from entering the conflict.

“The United States is sending an aircraft carrier. Mr. America, what are you doing here?” “Is it appropriate for a country like the United States to establish peace, or is it appropriate for a country like the United States to add fuel to the fire?”Erdogan said rhetorically.