Iran and Turkey are holding sideline talks at an economic summit in Central Asia about the current situation in Palestine.
#Iran and #Turkey presidents met on the sideline of the summit of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), discussing the latest developments in Palestine. Both officials stressed the need to cessation of attacks and shared common stance of the Islamic world against Israel. pic.twitter.com/W7IFwFLLlU
— Iran Nuances (@IranNuances) November 9, 2023
We’ll see if these talks result in any significant changes.
Some Iranians have been accusing Turkey’s leader Erdogan of being an Israeli puppet for not doing more against the Jews.
⚡❗🇮🇷 🇹🇷 Iranians Protest Outside Turkish Embassy in Tehran Against, Erdogan Collaborating with Israel
Some mock corpses are on display and a banner that features Netanyahu and Erdogan labelled: “Two Brothers from Hell.”#Israel #hamas #Gaza #Palestine #iran #Turkey #Erdogan pic.twitter.com/LnblTXoPe3
— The Macro Story (@themacrostory) November 9, 2023
Many Turks have also expressed disappointment at Erdogan not doing more.
These people are right to be upset. Erdogan has only made statements. His statements on Gaza are good statements but in the end they are just statements.
Erdogan: “World leaders walked in Paris in solidarity after the killing of 25 people at the Charlie Hebdo attack.
11,000 civilians including children and women were killed in Gaza. But the world leaders are silent.
When will we speak up?” pic.twitter.com/na1lJ4AGUe
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) November 9, 2023
He hasn’t taken any major substantive action. He could block resources to Israel and take other actions but he has not.
It is similar to what we’ve seen with Hezbollah. Everybody expected that they were going to declare war last week against Israel last week and this did not happen. Hezbollah is instead keeping the Israeli military preoccupied with missile strikes and other attacks but they have not fully engaged with all of their power.
What I’m most interested in is if Turkey, Iran and the Arab states will eventually come together and create a formal military alliance against Israel.
Of course, it is also possible that Israel will end up destroying itself with its unhinged and crazy behavior. They are becoming more and more isolated the longer they continue with this insane genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.
