Erdoğan to talk with Herzog over Israel’s acts against Palestinians: Minister

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will hold a phone talk with his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, following Israeli interventions on Palestinian worshippers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque last week, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on April 19.

"As the ministry, we reacted to the events in the West Bank and Masjid al-Aqsa. We have also made our statements in the face of the unacceptable attacks of the Israeli forces. And we continue our contacts. Our president will also have a telephone conversation with Israeli president Herzog," Çavuşoğlu said, speaking at a joint press conference with his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjarto.

The minister recalled that Erdoğan had a phone conversation with Jordan's King Abdullah II on April 18 and discussed this issue.

The minister mentioned recent "racist and inti-Islamic actions" taking place in different parts of the world and referred to the Israeli intervention against Palestinians in Jerusalem and West Bank during Ramadan.

"The number of Palestinians killed in both the West Bank and Masjid al-Aqsa exceeded 18, while the number of injured exceeded 400. This increase in Ramadan is not a coincidence," he stated.

The minister emphasized that, especially in the West, neo-Nazi movements, including political parties, increase these racist and anti-Islamic attacks.

"As Turks and Muslims, we believe that both anti-Christianity and Islamophobia are crimes against humanity. We need to be against any kind of attack in this direction. We must continue the fight against all forms of racism together," Çavuşoğlu said.

The minister underlined that the resolution of accepting March 15 as the Day of Fight Against Islamophobia at the U.N. is important.

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