He criticized the "betrayal and silence" of Arab countries .. Erdogan: If we do not protect Al-Aqsa, we will not prevent evil eyes from turning towards the Kaaba

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that "Jerusalem is our red line", accusing some Arab countries of "betrayal" of silence about US President Donald Trump's peace plan, and warned that Turkey may launch a military operation in Idlib Syria if the situation in the region is not resolved immediately. .

Erdogan added - in a speech to the officials of the Justice and Development Party in Ankara - that "the Arab countries that support such a plan are committing treachery towards Jerusalem, as well as towards its people and more importantly towards all humanity."

The Turkish president continued, "Saudi Arabia in particular is silent. When will you vote? Oman and Bahrain are the same. The Abu Dhabi government applauds. Shame on you! Shame on you."

"We do not recognize or accept this plan, which completely destroys Palestine and completely occupies Jerusalem," Erdogan said, noting that it aims to annex the occupied Palestinian territories.

He added that "Jerusalem is the key to world peace as it was thousands of years ago. If the symbol of peace falls, the responsibility for this falls on the entire world." And he warned that leaving the fate of Jerusalem to "Israel's bloody claws" would be the greatest harm to all mankind.

He continued by saying, "If we cannot protect the privacy of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, then tomorrow we will not be able to prevent evil eyes from turning toward the Kaaba, so we consider Jerusalem our red line."

Erdogan stressed that "such a rogue state (Israel) that executes innocent people in the streets, can never be in our view a valid state."

He stated that he would contact Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, to assess issues with them about the Trump plan.

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced, at a news conference in Washington, his plan for peace in the Middle East, known in the media as the "Deal of the Century", in the presence of outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The plan, which was rejected by the Palestinian Authority and all the resistance factions, includes the establishment of a connected Palestinian state in the form of an archipelago connected by bridges and tunnels, and to make the city of Jerusalem an undivided capital for Israel.

Military operation
On the Syrian issue, Erdogan said that Turkey may launch a military operation in the Idlib governorate in northwestern Syria if the situation in the region is not resolved immediately, stressing that his country cannot deal with the influx of new refugees.

The Turkish President stressed that his country wants to establish stability in Syria, adding: "We will not stay and we cannot remain as spectators about the situation, neither in Idlib nor in other regions in Syria."

On Wednesday, Erdogan said that Turkey's patience with the attacks was running out, and accused Russia of violating agreements aimed at calming the conflict in the region.

On the other hand, the Kremlin said on Friday that Russia fully fulfills its obligations in the Syrian Idlib region, but is deeply concerned about what it described as intense attacks by militants on the Syrian regime forces and the Russian Hmeimim air base.

These developments come at a time of increasing concern about the flow of a new wave of refugees to Turkey amid attacks by the Syrian-backed Syrian forces.

War Barons
On the Libyan issue, the Turkish President stressed that "the warlords of war have no right to criticize Turkey's position on the Libyan crisis."

Erdogan explained: "Those who support the revolutionary general (Khalifa Haftar) with mercenaries from all over the world and give him all kinds of weapons, they criticize Turkey without shame."

He stressed that "standing up to the coup class Hifter instead of standing next to the legitimate government and the Libyan people is a betrayal of democracy."