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SvennoJ on 09 August 2025
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Turkiye says Muslim countries must be united against Gaza seizure plan

Muslim nations must work in unison to mobilise the international community against Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City, Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says after talks in Egypt.

Speaking at a joint news conference in El Alamein with his Egyptian counterpart after meeting Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Fidan also said the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation had called an emergency meeting.

Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan added that:

  • In my meeting with my Egyptian counterpart, we discussed Gaza. No one wants to bear the moral burden of standing by Israel any more.
  • The whole world now knows that Israel is governed with a fascist mentality.
  • The number of countries recognising Palestine is increasing, which we find extremely valuable and promising.
  • Palestine belongs to the Palestinians. Any effort aimed at removing Palestinians from their own land is null and void.
  • Delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza is of vital importance. We will continue working with Egypt to ensure aid reaches our Palestinian brothers and sisters.



Arab League to hold extraordinary session on Gaza on Sunday

The Arab League will hold an extraordinary session on Sunday to discuss ways to confront the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Wafa news agency reports.

Palestine’s representative to the Arab League, Muhannad al-Aklouk, told the agency that “the meeting will be held … in light of the Israeli decision to reoccupy the Gaza Strip and fully control it and the resulting forced displacement of the Palestinian people inside and outside the Strip”.

The session will address mechanisms of action at the Arab and international levels to confront Israeli abuses, prevent their continuation and hold perpetrators accountable before international courts, the report added.