Turkish President Erdogan says Trump's Gaza plan is 'major threat' to world peace
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump's plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza posed a major threat to world peace.
Speaking on Indonesian television broadcaster Narasi, Erdogan addressed Trump's plan to remove the more than 2 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, claim U.S. control of it and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East."
"I view Trump's decision to make such an agreement with a murderer like (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and his threats as a major threat to world peace," Erdogan said.
"At the moment, nobody can take Gaza away from Palestinians, from Gazans. Daring to do something like is, firstly, a very different threat to world peace."
Erdogan also said he doesn't find Trump's statements, amounting to what he called "challenges to many countries in the world," to be correct.
"My hope is that such mistakes are reversed as soon as possible, and for a global giant like the United States to rapidly turn back from these errors so that global peace can find a way to come out," he said.
The Arab world has voiced fury, and European powers deep concern, over Trump's proposal that Palestinians should be resettled out of Gaza permanently to allow it to be developed as a waterfront resort property under US control.
Also during the day, Erdogan lashed out at Israel during a visit to Pakistan, speaking up in defence of Palestinians in Gaza and condemning ideas to forcibly displace them from their land.
Speaking at a business forum, Erdogan accused Israel of failing to keep to a ceasefire agreement, warning that the region was being dragged "toward blood and tears again."
Erdogan reiterated his opposition to President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza. "Gaza belongs to our Gazan brothers and sisters and will remain so forever," he said in a televised speech at a business forum in the capital, Islamabad.
Erdogan arrived on a two-day visit on Wednesday night. "The homeland for which the Palestinians have sacrificed tens of thousands of their children is not up for bargaining," he added.
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