"Not only
international organizations but also institutions of the
Islamic world failed to pass the test on Gaza," Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stressed in his speech during an award ceremony on Saturday.
"While rightfully criticizing the
Western world for the massacres in Gaza, I believe
Muslims also need to hold ourselves accountable," Erdoğan added.
"With a
population of over 2B, economic power surpassing trillions of dollars, it is incumbent upon all of us to wonder why the
Islamic world cannot influence Israel," Erdoğan pointed out.
'Those who remain indifferent to the humanitarian tragedy in
Gaza don't even feel the need to hide their heartlessness,
hypocritical policies,' Erdoğan said in a statement.
Western powers' unconditional support for Israel's deadly offensive on Gaza will continue at the expense of violating their own principles, "influenced in part by the shame" of the
Nazi Holocaust of European Jews, Erdoğan underlined.
"Except for a few brave souls" there has been little visible
Western media reaction to the horrors of a nine-month Israeli offensive on Gaza. They ignored genocide, disregarded the cries of the oppressed," Erdoğan said.
Israel, flouting a
UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate
cease-fire, has faced international condemnation amid its continued offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7 attack by Palestinian group Hamas.
More than 38,000
Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 88,000 injured, according to local health authorities.
Over nine months into the
Israeli war, vast tracts of
Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.
Israel is accused of genocide at the
International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of
Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.
