Erdogan wants Netanyahu to face war crimes tribunal over Gaza
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried by a war crimes tribunal for the offensive in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu will "not only be tried as a war criminal, but also as the butcher of Gaza, just as Milosevic was tried," Erdogan said.
He was referring to the former Serbian ruler Slobodan Milosevic, who was indicted for war crimes at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Milosevic died of a heart attack in a UN prison before the end of his trial in 2006.
Erdogan repeatedly attacks Netanyahu verbally. He had already called him the "butcher of Gaza" last week. Gaza belongs to the Palestinians and will remain so, Erdogan continued in his speech. He also made it clear once again that a two-state solution within the 1967 borders with Israelis and Palestinians living peacefully side by side was necessary.
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Erdogan's call for a war crimes tribunal against Netanyahu over the Gaza conflict echoes the trial of Slobodan Milosevic at the International Criminal Court. In a recent speech, Erdogan reiterated his label of Netanyahu as the "butcher of Gaza."
Source: www.ntv.de
