Israel is a threat to all humanity: Erdogan

International Desk: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Israel is not only a threat to Gaza, but to the entire humanity. He also commented that the spirit of the United Nations has died in Gaza.

Turkish media Yeni Shafak reported that he said these things in a meeting with the lawmakers of Turkey's ruling political party, AKP Party, on Wednesday (May 29).

Erdogan said that no state is safe until Israel obeys international law and feels the need to obey international law. The Turkish leader also accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

According to the report, the president of Turkey called on the Islamic world to respond to Israel's deadly attack on Gaza at this time.

At the same time, Erdoğan criticized the Muslim leaders as well as the United Nations for failing to take an effective role in preventing the Israeli aggression in Gaza.

He said, the UN is not able to protect even its own workers. So what kind of action are you waiting for? The spirit of the UN is dead in Gaza.

The Turkish president's criticism of the United Nations and Muslim world leaders came in the wake of Tuesday's deadly airstrike on a refugee camp west of the southern Gaza city of Rafah and a series of brutal attacks on innocent Palestinians in recent days.

Criticizing the Muslim majority countries of the world for failing to take a single step in the case of Israel's attack, he said, "I have something to say to the Islamic world, what are you waiting for to make a common decision?"

The president of Muslim-majority Turkey has often criticized the United Nations, the Western world and Muslim countries for failing to take action against Israel.