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Turkey will file a request with a United Nations court on Wednesday to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel, a Turkish official said.

The declaration of intervention will be submitted at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the official said on condition of anonymity in accordance with regulations.

Turkey, one of the fiercest critics of Israel’s actions in Gaza, will become the latest nation to seek to participate in the case.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has frequently compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler, accused his country of genocide, called for it to be punished in international courts and criticized Western nations for backing Israel.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Turkey should recognise their own genocide against the Armenians

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And the Assyrians and the Pontic Greeks.

[–] xmunk 5 points 2 months ago

But I don't want to play pontus.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kurdistan recognized when?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Man. I wish countries didn’t only do good things in self-interest.

That being said. Rare Turkey W.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The North in the American Civil War did not fight to end slavery - though the South fought to keep slavery - the US and the USSR did not join WWII to liberate death camps, and so on.

Does not mean that it's not a happy thing when a country's nationalistic self interest puts it on the good side of history in a question.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure that South Africa and Ireland ARE opposing Israel out of a special hatred for colonialism, genocide and Apartheid systems, though, since they were both victims of a shitload of it..