Israel confirmed this Friday the withdrawal of all staff —including the ambassador, Irit Lillian— at the embassy in Ankarathe capital of Türkiyeand Istanbulthe largest city in the country.
The Jewish State, in fact, assures that after Turkey’s withdrawal, other Israeli missions could follow the same path. “Is a temporary measure“, which should be only for the short term,” an anonymous Israeli source has told the AFP news agency.
In the last week, the demonstrations in Turkey against Israel and in favor of Palestine have been daily and even violent: Protestants have tried, on more than one occasion, to enter the Israeli consular compound in Istanbuland they have launched firecrackers and fireworks against the windows of the building, located in a business and skyscraper area in the large Turkish city.
The reasons for the withdrawal, according to Israel, are the “lack of security” of its personnel abroad, exposed to a “threat of terrorist attacks.” In fact, Israel has asked all its citizens in the Anatolian country to leave Turkey immediately.
“We haven’t been able to sleep for days because of everything that is happening. How can we not protest? The blood of our Muslim brothers is being shed, and that is why we cannot sleep or eat,” he explained this Wednesday. Ramazana Turkish Islamist protester outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul.
by force
“Israelis must be stopped by force. “Negotiations are useless, there is no other way other than force,” Ramazan continued, between shouts. This Israeli offensive against Gaza has achieved something unprecedented in Turkey: in the demonstrations against Israel, in the same place, groups come together Islamists and leftistswho share almost no other point in his speech apart from his support for the Palestinian cause.
“The war crimes that Israel is committing, in addition to its occupation policies, affect all sectors of our society. And here come people of all kinds of ideologies, who cry out and ask according to their own convictions. “This is natural, and I think it even happens not only in Turkey, but in other countries in the region as well,” he says. Foti Benlisoyprotester and member of the Turkish Workers’ Party (TIP, in its Turkish acronym).
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Over the past two decades, the government of Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had always been completely favorable to Palestine and, consequently, hostile towards Israel. But in the last year, Ankara and Tel Aviv They regained their diplomatic relations for the first time in more than a decade, and Erdogan has tried, to date, to mediate between Hamas and the Jewish State to obtain the release of all the hostages that the Islamist group captured on October 7.
In Turkey, however, fewer and fewer are in favor of mediation. “I do not at all support attempts to mediate with Israel. You can try, but mediation only works with whom he wants peace —explained before the Israeli consulate Gürsoy, an Islamist protester. Since its founding, Israel has never wanted peace, and has only sought occupation, and has only done war and death. Israel only understands the language of weapons. “Peace cannot exist with them.”