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ER Editor: Some tweets, with the addition of Turkey joining South Africa’s genocide case at the ICJ —
🇹🇷🇮🇱“Turkey’s President Erdogan faces a new challenge from Islamists.
Religious voters think the president is not tough enough on Israel
The party wants Mr Erdogan to freeze trade with Israel, close down a nato radar station and deny American troops access to another nato base… pic.twitter.com/emiz8RFmYF
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 2, 2024
🇹🇷 BREAKING: Bloomberg reporting that Turkey has halted all trade with Israel.
Turkey is Israel’s 7th largest trade partner by volume, accounting over $2.36 billion in trade annually.
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) May 2, 2024
🇹🇷🇮🇱 Erdogan stops trade with Israel!
Turkey stopped all trade with Israel as of Thursday, according to two Turkish officials familiar with the matter, adding to already high-running tensions between the once-close allies over the war in Gaza.
The move expands last month’s… pic.twitter.com/810KqWhIKf
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 2, 2024
After his party lost big time in the local elections, Erdogan suspends all trade with Israel. 💥
This will continue until humanitarian aid to Gaza flows freely.
Turkey also announced plans to join South Africa’s case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of committing genocide. pic.twitter.com/CzxsIoQZPb
— S.L. Kanthan (@Kanthan2030) May 3, 2024
Turkey to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. pic.twitter.com/cgQwXval40
— BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) May 1, 2024
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Turkey Halts All Trade With Israel As Relations At Breaking Point
For months, relations between Turkey and Israel have been on the brink of breaking point. Already there has been the recalling of ambassadors, inflammatory rhetoric exchanged between leaders, and then things got more serious when Turkey a month ago moved to restrict 54 products from being exported to Israel until a Gaza ceasefire can be reached.
But Turkey’s government on Thursday has taken the next big step, halting all exports and imports to and from Israel, according to Bloomberg which cited Turkish government officials. It has begun effective today, but Ankara has yet to officially announce the dramatic move.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has confirmed that the breaking headlines are accurate. He said that Ankara has already begun to block Israeli imports and exports at Turkish ports.
Katz has ordered the foreign ministry to immediately pursue alternatives for trade which focus on “local production and imports from other countries.”
Bilateral trade volume between the two countries, which prior to Oct.7 were enjoying warmer relations, had stood at $5.4 billion last year.
- Turkey sells $5B-$7B of exports to Israel every year.
- Israel sells $2B-$3B of exports to Turkey every year.
But President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been unrelenting in his attacks on Israel and directed against Netanyahu personally.
In March, he went so far as to suggest the Israeli prime minster should be assassinated for overseeing war crimes in Gaza and against Muslims.
In a prior election rally the Turkish president vowed to “send [Netanyahu] to Allah to take care of him, make him miserable and curse him.”
This week Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced Turkey will join South Africa’s case against Israel before the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC).
So it appears at this point Turkey is waging both full-scale diplomatic and economic war on Israel. This is unprecedented for a NATO member, which also happens to have the second largest military within the Western military alliance, and is sure to put Western officials in an awkward spot.
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