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Turkey condemns UAE-Israel deal as betrayal

News Desk (Agence France-Presse)
Istanbul, Turkey
Fri, August 14, 2020

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Turkey condemns UAE-Israel deal as betrayal Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 3, 2020.Turkey on Friday condemned a landmark deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates in which the Jewish state pledged to suspend annexation of Palestinian lands as a hypocritical betrayal of the Palestinian cause. (AFP/Turkish Presidential Press Office)

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urkey on Friday condemned a landmark deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates in which the Jewish state pledged to suspend annexation of Palestinian lands as a hypocritical betrayal of the Palestinian cause.

"While betraying the Palestinian cause to serve its narrow interests, the UAE is trying to present this as a kind of act of self-sacrifice for Palestine," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

"History and the conscience of the people living in the region will not forget and never forgive this hypocritical behavior." 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a pious Muslim and strong advocate of Palestinian rights who has long criticized Israeli policies in the West Bank.

He accused several Arab counties in January of committing "treason" by backing US President Donald Trump's controversial Middle East peace plan.

The foreign ministry said it was "extremely worrying that the UAE, through its unilateral action, put an end to the Arab Peace Initiative developed by the Arab League and backed by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation".

 

 

 

          

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