Turkiye’s foreign minister called for sanctions against Israel, urging the international community to cut support over the conflict in the Middle East, AFP reports.

“We have reached the limit of words, diplomacy and international politics. We must start with sanctions,” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told ruling party delegates at a meeting about the future of the Palestinian state.

Fidan said Israel so far had not responded to calls to halt the Gaza bombardment, meaning “the international community must now resort to legal action. Israel needs to be boycotted,” he said.

Israel was “not paying any price economically, politically or militarily” for its actions in Gaza, and the only way that would change was if the world “cut off support”.

“If we cannot, Israel will continue the genocide and massacre in Gaza,” he said.

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