Turkey planning to apply to International Criminal Court against Israel for operation in Gaza

Turkey is considering the possibility of applying to the
International Criminal Court (ICC) to start a legal process to recognize Israel
as a war criminal for crimes committed in the Gaza Strip, the Turkish media
writes. 

As noted, the issue of applying to the ICC was discussed on
Nov. 7 at the committee meeting of the Justice and Development Party. Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan chaired the meeting.

The meeting discussed Turkey’s initiatives aimed at settling
the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. These initiatives will be discussed on Nov.
12, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at the summit of the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation.

As Turkish Yeni Şafak reports, Erdoğan has noted that if the
summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation “does not produce the
expected result, we will need to arrange a broader meeting and to launch
another diplomatic attack to reach a conflict settlement in the Gaza Strip”.