News / Palestine / China

In ignoring Israel’s savagery, US draws serious criticism from China, Turkey

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 2:27 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 19 May 2021 2:59 PM ]

The relatives of a young Palestinian cry during his funeral on May 19, 2021 in Gaza City, after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike. (Photo by AFP)

China and Turkey have censured Washington’s behavior in implicitly supporting the Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip as well as blocking statements to stop the devastating campaign at the United Nations Security Council.

China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in a brief statement posted on Twitter on Tuesday, “What US does amid the Palestine-Israel conflict is deeply disappointing. Is this the human rights US touts around when Palestinian people suffer, or is it an excuse to serve US self-interest?”

“Is this what US calls rule-based international order?”

Lijian had earlier said the United States had been “isolated at the Security Council unprecedentedly.” The Chinese official also pointed the finger at the White House for “standing on the opposite side of mankind’s conscience and morality.”

“The international community is deeply upset by how the US has behaved in the Palestine-Israel conflict. People can't help but ask, is this the diplomacy featuring so-called human rights and values the US claims to champion?”

“Why has the US been so callous about the Palestinian people's human rights while it keeps talking about upholding Muslims' human rights?”

A fourth meeting of the Security Council which was held on Tuesday at the request of China and Norway failed to adopt a joint statement calling for a ceasefire.

A Palestinian elderly man walks past a building destroyed in an Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, May 19, 2021. (Photo by AFP)

Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the UN had failed to issue a statement condemning the Israeli barbarism due to Washington’s opposition.

Cavusoglu on Tuesday condemned the international community’s “weak” reaction to the Israeli war on the Palestinians.

“The international community called on both sides as if there is a war between the Israeli and Palestinian armies in Gaza. Some put Israel's security above everything else. They closed their eyes in the face of war and humanitarian crimes in Gaza,” he told the Turkish Parliament.

The minister stressed that Ankara “will never give up supporting the Palestinian cause.”

Gaza-based Palestinian resistance fighters have launched hundreds of rockets into Israeli occupied territories in retaliation for the Tel Aviv regime’s violations in Jerusalem al-Quds as well as its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Well over 210 Palestinians have been killed since May 10.

Press TV’s website can also be accessed at the following alternate addresses:

www.presstv.co.uk