{"id":24941,"date":"2023-11-15T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/turkeys-first-lady-calls-on-her-counterparts-to-be-voice-of-gaza-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:30:00","slug":"turkeys-first-lady-calls-on-her-counterparts-to-be-voice-of-gaza-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/turkeys-first-lady-calls-on-her-counterparts-to-be-voice-of-gaza-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey\u2019s first lady calls on her counterparts to be voice of Gaza | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Turkey\u2019s first lady on Wednesday called on her counterparts worldwide to be a voice for Gaza, and to help stop Israeli attacks that have so far killed over 11,000 Palestinians.<\/p>\n

Emine Erdogan hosted the summit \u201cOne Heart for Palestine\u201d with other first spouses from around the world in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul as part of Ankara\u2019s efforts to end the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza<\/p>\n

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Emine Erdogan hosted the summit ‘One Heart for Palestine’ with other first spouses from around the world. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY<\/p>\n

In her opening speech at the summit, Erdogan warned Israel that through its actions in Gaza, it will be remembered along with \u201cthe cruelty that wanted to destroy the Jews,\u201d evoking the Holocaust.<\/p>\n

She asked what is the difference between Hiroshima and Gaza, referring both to the volume of bombs dropped on the besieged enclave \u2014 the equivalent of two nuclear bombs, according to the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor \u2014 and an Israeli Cabinet minister suggesting an atom bomb could be dropped on it.<\/p>\n

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Emine Erdogan hosted the summit ‘One Heart for Palestine’ with other first spouses from around the world. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY<\/p>\n

Asking what \u201cthe global conscience\u201d is waiting for to stop the missiles raining down on Gaza\u2019s children, Erdogan said: \u201cAs the above ground has been turned into a hell and the underground has been turned into a necropolis of children, it is never possible for any promised future to materialize there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho can ever feel really safe in an order that has been built upon such a destruction?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

Addressing both Israel and the five permanent members of the UN, she said: \u201cWhat critical threshold of death are you waiting for to stop this ferocity?”<\/p>\n

40 days of ‘shame’<\/strong><\/p>\n

She described what has been happening in Gaza for the last 40 days as \u201cthe era of shame.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will never surrender to this darkness that discriminates one life from another, that devalues everyone who is not like it,\u201d she underlined.<\/p>\n

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Emine Erdogan hosted the summit ‘One Heart for Palestine’ with other first spouses from around the world. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY<\/p>\n

\u201cFor this reason, I invite the spouses of all heads of state to be the voice of those killed in Gaza and those whose voices are being suppressed and silenced while a mass slaughter continues,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Read also:\u00a0Turkey’s Erdogan calls Israel ‘terror state’, slams West<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

She reiterated the call for \u201ccease-fire, peace, and humanitarian aid,\u201d adding that all the first spouses should unite their words for an immediate cease-fire: “What you see is not a war, it is the strong exploiting the weak.”<\/p>\n

This summit should be a concrete initiative taken for peace in Palestine, she stressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe owe a future for Gazan youth that is suitable for human dignity other than either to kill or being killed,\u201d she indicated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why now is the time to establish the long-overdue peace promised by the two-state solution, which includes a fully independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital and whose territorial integrity is preserved,\u201d she underscored.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the peace and tranquility of the region and even the world, the unjust occupation of Palestine (by Israel) must end and Israel must return the lands it seized to its owner, the Palestinians,\u201d she advised.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cGaza must be rebuilt from its ruins to offer a bright future for its children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA fund should now be established within international organizations such as the UN and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to rebuild the schools, parks and hospitals destroyed by Israel,\u201d she suggested.<\/p>\n

Mothers should kiss their children to sleep, not to their graves, she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n