Turkey’s Erdogan says U.S. can no longer be a mediator between Israel and Palestinians
This handout picture taken and released by the Turkish presidential press office on December 13, 2017, shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) and Organization of Islamic Cooperation's Secretary General Yousef Al-Othaimeen (R) holding a press conference following the Extraordinary Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on last week's US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Istanbul.
Islamic leaders on December 13 urged the world to recognise occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, as Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas warned the United States no longer had any role to play in the peace process. / AFP PHOTO / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE AND AFP PHOTO / YASIN BULBUL / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / YASIN BULBUL" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the United States could no longer be a mediator in efforts to end Israeli-Palestinian conflict after its decision to recognise Israel as the capital of Israel.
“From now on, it is out of the question for a biased United States to be a mediator between Israel and Palestine, that period is over,” Erdogan told a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul.
“We need to discuss who will be a mediator from now on. This needs to be tackled in the UN too,” Erdogan said. (
