Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, speaking at the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting yesterday, urged Islamic nations to work toward having Israel suspended from participating in United Nations General Assembly meetings and activities. Fidan said that Palestinians needed collective action to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza and settler violence in the occupied West Bank, reported Middle East Eye.
Fidan stressed that Israel’s “genocidal aggression” continues in Gaza, where half a million people face catastrophic hunger, adding that the UN has now officially declared famine in the territory. He noted that Hamas has already accepted a ceasefire plan proposed by Qatar and Egypt, yet the Israeli government “still seeks the erasure of Palestine.”
