Ankara: The Turkish Parliament approved a motion calling for Israel’s suspension from membership in the United Nations, citing the ongoing crimes it is committing in the Gaza Strip.
According to Qatar News Agency, this decision was made during an emergency session held by President of the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye, Numan Kurtulmus, to address Israel’s continued aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza. The motion, submitted by parliamentary leadership, accused Israel of escalating its long-standing policies of occupation and annexation into outright genocide in Gaza over the past two years.
The document stated that Israeli forces have killed approximately 70,000 people in Gaza during this period, with the majority being women and children, and injured over 150,000 others. It further accused the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of deliberately imposing famine and poverty on Palestinians in Gaza, referencing reports by the United Nations and other international organizations.
Additionally, the motion highlighted that Palestinians in Gaza, Jerusalem, and the West Bank are subjected to increasing violence, forced displacement, and illegal settlement, amid the silence of major international institutions, excluding the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. It called for the continuous provision of humanitarian aid to Gaza and for holding Israeli officials accountable for war crimes and genocide in international courts.
The motion also reaffirmed support for the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, viewing this as the only path to achieving a just and lasting peace. It urged parliaments worldwide to terminate military and trade relations with Israel, act to break the blockade on Palestinians, protect the two-state solution, and expand international recognition of the State of Palestine.
Speaker Kurtulmus emphasized that the memorandum reflects Turkiye’s official stance and was signed by leaders and deputy leaders of all parliamentary blocs in Turkiye. Once published in the Official Gazette, it will hold the significance of a state-level political document.
Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced during the emergency session that all trade ties between Turkiye and Israel have been severed, and Turkish ports remain closed to Israeli ships, citing genocide and deliberate starvation inflicted on Palestinians in Gaza.