*Leads 1.5m-man pro-Palestinian rally ahead country’s centennial anniversary
*Language of protesters in London, Washington is clear – Dankofa
“”Israeli action is barbaric, horrendous and horrific”
*Says people are getting to know the truth
By BASHIR ADEFAKA with agencies
President of Turkiye, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has disclosed the position of his country about Middle-East conflict whereby he calls Israel, perpetrator of the oppression in Palestine, a war criminal.
He stated this during a 1.5 million-man pro-Palestinian rally held on Saturday October 28, 2023 in solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine against their oppressors, Israel.
The rally, held yesterday Saturday October 28, 2023 in the nation’s capital Istanbul, was coming ahead of Turkiye’s centennial anniversary today Sunday October 29.
The Erdogan-led 1.5 mllion people, gathered at the worldview rally, condemned the intensified Israeli attacks on Gaza.
At the Great Palestine rally, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the crowd that Western powers were “the main culprit” behind the Israeli army’s “massacre” of Palestinians in Gaza.
“Israel has been openly committing war crimes for exactly 22 days.
“Now, Israel, we will declare you to the world as a war criminal and we are now getting prepared for this,” Turkiye’s President Erdogan said.
Massive protests in US, UK against Israel
In London, United Kingdom caputal and United States of America’s capital Washington, and city of New York where massive pro-Palestinian protests have been held and continue to hold, “the language of the protesters in large numbers is very clear. Israeli action is barbaric, horrendous and horrific.”
Nigeria’s professor of law, Yusuf Dankofa, in a post on his Facebook timeline said, “Civilised people of the West are angry at their governments for this relentlessly inhumane bombings of innocence Palestinian children and women by Isreal
“In France,multitudes are outside demonstrating and chanting that their president is complicit despite the ban on public demonstrations.
“People are getting to know the truth.
“Western propaganda is no longer working.We salute the courage of the people of those regions.
“It takes a lot of courage to refused to be hoodwinked by the aggressor and its allies.”
