Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed that Turkey barred Israeli President Isaac Herzog from using its airspace earlier this week, forcing him to cancel a planned visit to the United Nations COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Herzog�s office announced that the cancellation was due to �security considerations.� However, during a press conference at the G20 Leaders Summit in Brazil, Erdogan said that the decision was actually tied to Turkey�s opposition to Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.
�With regard to the Israeli president going to Azerbaijan for the COP summit, we did not allow him to use our airspace,� Erdogan said, according to Turkish media. �There are other areas, there are other opportunities, we told him to travel from there� but I do not know whether he was able to go or not.�
The decision marks another escalation in tensions between Turkey and Israel.
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Give it a bit and Turkey will come begging for Israels money. Same thing happens every few years. He’s in fact a wild turkey.
can rabbi friedlander intervene as he is their lobbyist
Just as well though, since there’s no climate crisis, and Herzog should strengthen himself to stand out against it.