Turkey on Tuesday announced that it is restricting 54 products to Israel until a ceasefire is reached in Gaza and Israel allows unlimited humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.
The move was caused by Turkish ire at Israel’s rejection of its request to airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The export ban includes steel, aluminum, cement, and chemical fertilizers. Israeli officials are concerned that the ban could expand to oil and the halt of flights over Turkish airspace.
Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz slammed Erdogan for his support of Hamas and said Israel will not calmly accept his violation of trade agreements. “Erdogan is again sacrificing the economic interests of the people of Turkey for his support of the Hamas murderers in Gaza who raped, murdered and desecrated the bodies of women, girls and adults and burned children alive,” he stated.
“Israel will not give in to violence and extortion and will not condone the unilateral violation of trade agreements and will take parallel measures against Turkey that will harm the Turkish economy. I am preparing an extended list of products that Israel will prevent Turkey from exporting and in addition, I ordered [ministry officials] to contact countries and organizations in the US to stop investments in Turkey and prevent the import of products from Turkey, and to our friends in the American Congress to examine violations of the boycott laws and impose sanctions on Turkey accordingly.”
Erdogan, who prior to the October 7th attack was engaged in a series of steps to establish closer ties with Israel, changed his tune after the war began, calling Israel a “terrorist state” and Hamas a “liberation group.” Last month, he vowed to “send [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu to Allah.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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I’m glad exports from Turkey are being banned…no more of those really tasteless tomatoes…I want just Blue & White, I can cut back my intake if not enough…better than helping Erdogan’s economy
This Erdogan simply cannot help himself! They hurt themselves way more than they do Israel.
They keep saying they want to mend ways with Israel, they take two steps forward and 5 back.
Erdogan ימח שמו וזכרונו is a 21st century full fledged filthy disgusting nazi & war monger
Two countries:
One committed a full on genocide and would like to commit another.
One risks its soldiers lives to protect human shields.
Hint: Armenia and the Kurds.
One is a remnant of the final portion of the empire that represented “the west” but currently is closer to “the eastern bloc”.
One was occupied by the empire that represented “the west” and now is the only western style democracy in its neighborhood.
Hint: the split of the Roman kingdom.
One has an economy based on segregated mistreatment of lower castes and currently has inflation rates above 60% and interest rates above 50%in spite of an ever growing military industrial export market.
One has a free market economy that even during a major war its currency is still strong and is allowing workers from the nationality which attacked it to work and receive medical care within its borders despite knowing that there is a strong possibility that those workers will relay intelligence to the enemy.
Hint Bayraktar TB2 exports and crazy inflation/interest rates.
how does any frum person work for this guy?
The Turkish economy is mere steps away from total collapse.
We are seeing 50% or greater interest rates & 80% inflation rates.
The average Turk is resorting to avoiding the Turkish Lira where possible and choosing USD or euro instead.
Turkish imports are soaring while exports and tourism are struggling to rebound.
They are still a massive economy and have the power to cause damage, but they would be ill advised to go around breaking trade agreements at this juncture.