Türkiye will continue to support Palestine even if it has to do so alone. Attending the first meeting of the Group of Parliaments in Support of Palestine in İstanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "There is no alternative to a two-state solution to the Palestinian problem. Palestine belongs to the Palestinian people. We will continue our relentless struggle until the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital within the 1967 borders, even if we’re the only ones."
Indicating that the international system has failed in Gaza, Erdoğan said, "It is with deep sorrow and tears in my eyes that I declare that, unfortunately, the Islamic world has not been able to fulfil what was expected of it."
Erdoğan also accused Israel of hindering the stabilisation of the situation in Syria and Lebanon. The Turkish leader said, "The strikes on Syria and Lebanon demonstrate that the administration of Netanyahu does not want peace and tranquillity in the Middle East."
He added that he hoped that sooner or later Netanyahu "would stand trial before international courts for genocide" in the Gaza Strip.
The Turkish President also noted that Türkiye halted trade with Israel completely last year and increased humanitarian assistance to Palestine.
The meeting, organised at the initiative of Türkiye, was attended by speakers of parliaments of 13 countries, including Palestine, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Senegal, Jordan, and Bahrain.