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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan lashes out at US over military arms sale to Israel

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan lashes out at US over military arms sale to Israel

Ankara: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has condemned United States (US)President Joe Biden’s approval of weapons sales to Israel.

According to details, the Turkish president severely criticized US forsupporting Israel in its violence towards innocent Palestinians.

“You are writing history with your bloody hands in this incident that is aserious disproportionate attack on Gaza, which is leading to the martyrdomof hundreds of thousands of people. You forced me to say this,” he saidreferring to US.

Condemning Austria for flying an Israeli flag over the federal chancelleryin Vienna, Erdogan said that the state of Austria is trying to make Muslimspay the price for the Jews it subjected to genocide.

Human rights group Amnesty has also condemned US plans to sell weapons toIsrael.

“By supplying weapons that could be used to commit war crimes, the USgovernment is taking the risk of fueling further attacks against civiliansand seeing more people killed or injured by US weapons,” Philippe Nassif,Amnesty International USA’s advocacy director for the Middle East and NorthAfrica, said in a statement urging Biden to reconsider the decision.

United States President Joe Biden has approved the sale of precision-guidedmissiles to Israel on Monday.