ERDOGAN: ISRAELI GENERAL ELECTIONS PAINTED A VERY DARK PICTURE FOR REGION
PanARMENIAN.Net
16.02.2009 14:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the
results of the Israeli elections, showing a jump in support to right
wing parties, painted a very dark picture for the future of the region.
"Unfortunately, we have seen that the (Israeli) people have voted
for these (rightist) parties and that makes me a bit sad," Erdogan
told Reuters. "The election has painted a very dark picture."
"Israel faces what could be weeks of political uncertainty after the
elections, dealing a further blow to the peace efforts," he said.
Last Tuesday, the centrist Kadima party won 28 mandates in the
election, followed closely by the Center-Right Likud party, which
earned 27 seats.
Erdogan, who has repeatedly condemned the Israeli blockade imposed
on the Gaza Strip due to the continual rocket attacks against the
western Negev, again called on Jerusalem to change its policy and
lift the embargo.
"With the ceasefire the embargo should be lifted," he said. "The
Palestinian people should be freed from an open-air prison they are
living in right now, this is against human rights."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
