The escalating conflict in the Middle East dominated the start of the general UN debate on Tuesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan even compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Hitler. The Foreign Ministry in Vienna reacted with outrage.
“Just as Hitler was stopped by the Alliance of Humanity 70 years ago, Netanyahu and his gang of murderers must also be stopped by the Alliance of Humanity,” Erdogan said in New York on Tuesday.
The UN Security Council does nothing in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli government is committing ‘genocide’. “(…) What are you waiting for to put an end to this cruelty, this barbarism?”, the Turkish president said in the presence of numerous heads of state and government leaders from around the world (see video above).
“More than terrible”
When it came to Hitler, the Foreign Ministry in Vienna reacted immediately and indignantly. “Comparisons with the darkest chapter in our history are more than horrible. We reject the polemics that the Turkish president is engaged in. Adding fuel to the fire at such an alarming moment is completely irresponsible. “Everyone must strive for de-escalation, in word and deed,” the ministry said on Platform X on Tuesday evening.
View the tweet from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here.
Netanyahu has postponed his trip
US President Joe Biden also agrees with this view. He warned of an “all-out war” in Lebanon and called on the parties to the conflict to continue working towards a diplomatic solution. It is time to “end this war” and reach an agreement, Biden said, referring to the Gaza Strip.
The situation in the Gaza Strip is “an ongoing nightmare that threatens to plunge the entire region into chaos,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed his trip to the UN general debate due to the conflict with Hezbollah. He will arrive in New York on Thursday and deliver his speech on Friday, it was said.
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) is also expected on Thursday and will give a speech.
Source: Krone
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