Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced the United Nations Security Council after the U.S. vetoed a ceasefire resolution for Gaza. He called the international body the “Israel protection council,” according to the Times of Israel.
“Since October 7, the Security Council has become an Israel protection and defense council,” Erdogan said, according to the Times.
“Is this justice?” Erdogan asked, adding that “the world is bigger than five,” a reference to the five veto-wielding nations in the U.N. Security Council, according to the Times.
U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood told the council on Friday that the resolution “was divorced from reality” and “would not move the needle forward on the ground in any concrete way” in explaining why the U.S. could not support it.
Source: abc news
