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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israel is the West's spoiled child that has always disregarded decisions made by the international community.
The Turkish premier, who is on his Arab Spring tour, said in a speech addressing the members of the Arab League in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Tuesday that Israel has never executed a decision by the international community to this day, the New York Times reported.
Erdogan called on the Arab League ministers to vote for Palestinian statehood at the United Nations this month, saying the recognition of the Palestinian state is the only correct way.
He added that recognizing Palestine as a sovereign state at the UN is not a choice but an obligation.
Let us raise the Palestinian flag and let that flag be the symbol of peace and justice in the Middle East, he said.
Palestinian officials have been campaigning to achieve UN recognition for an independent state based on the pre-1967 borders at the UN General Assembly meeting in September.
More than 100 countries have so far officially recognized Palestine as a state based on the pre-1967 borders.
The United States cannot block the UN General Assembly vote for the change of Palestine's status in the world body from entity to state, but it can veto it later at the Security Council.
Erdogan also repeated his call on Israel to apologize and pay financial compensation to the relatives of the victims of a deadly Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, which killed nine Turkish activists and injured dozens more people.
Erdogan's Arab Spring tour began on Monday and includes plans to visit Libya and Tunisia in addition to Egypt.
PressTV - Turkey: Israel, West's spoiled child
The Turkish premier, who is on his Arab Spring tour, said in a speech addressing the members of the Arab League in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Tuesday that Israel has never executed a decision by the international community to this day, the New York Times reported.
Erdogan called on the Arab League ministers to vote for Palestinian statehood at the United Nations this month, saying the recognition of the Palestinian state is the only correct way.
He added that recognizing Palestine as a sovereign state at the UN is not a choice but an obligation.
Let us raise the Palestinian flag and let that flag be the symbol of peace and justice in the Middle East, he said.
Palestinian officials have been campaigning to achieve UN recognition for an independent state based on the pre-1967 borders at the UN General Assembly meeting in September.
More than 100 countries have so far officially recognized Palestine as a state based on the pre-1967 borders.
The United States cannot block the UN General Assembly vote for the change of Palestine's status in the world body from entity to state, but it can veto it later at the Security Council.
Erdogan also repeated his call on Israel to apologize and pay financial compensation to the relatives of the victims of a deadly Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, which killed nine Turkish activists and injured dozens more people.
Erdogan's Arab Spring tour began on Monday and includes plans to visit Libya and Tunisia in addition to Egypt.
PressTV - Turkey: Israel, West's spoiled child