Erdogan again accuses Israel of genocide: 'Piles of rubble'

Turkish President Erdogan again accused Israel of genocide in a speech at the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, describing the plight of Gaza residents and calling for the removal of aid restrictions. The conference is being held without the US after Trump's withdrawal.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan again accused Israel of genocide, this time during his speech at the UN Climate Conference (COP31) opening in Antalya. Erdogan described the plight of Gaza residents as 'hundreds of thousands of our brothers and sisters shivering from cold, struggling with floodwaters without a roof over their heads,' and called for the immediate removal of restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid. Later in his speech, he addressed the climate crisis, attacked developed countries for consuming the global carbon budget, and boasted about Turkey's recycling rate. The ten-day conference hosts 196 countries, but the United States is absent following President Trump's second withdrawal from the climate agreement. Outgoing UN Secretary-General Guterres called for getting rid of fossil fuels against the backdrop of oil and gas company profits following the war in Iran.

Erdogan again accuses Israel of genocide: 'Piles of rubble'