Gaza genocide

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged the Islamic world that the only way to prevent Israeli expansionism and bring an end to the massacres against Muslims in Palestine and Lebanon is to stand united and leave internal disputes behind.

In a bold move, Türkiye has taken the lead in rallying 52 countries and two international organizations to jointly call on the United Nations Security Council to immediately cease the supply of weapons and ammunition to Israel.

Microsoft has fired two employees who organized an unauthorized vigil at the company's headquarters for Palestinians killed in Gaza during Israel's war with Hamas.

The two employees told The Associated Press they were fired by phone call late on Oct. 24, several hours after a lunchtime event they organized at Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington.

Vice President Kamala Harris sidestepped a direct question Wednesday on preventing further Palestinian deaths from U.S.-funded bombs in Gaza, instead acknowledging the toll on civilians and emphasizing the need for a two-state solution.

The United States has issued a warning to Israel, demanding it improve humanitarian aid access in Gaza within the next 30 days or face potential consequences, including the suspension of military assistance. This message, reported by The Washington Post, represents the most significant pressure Washington has placed on Israel since the outbreak of its conflict with Hamas a year ago.

Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş delivered an address at the 149th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva on Monday, expressing deep concern over what he termed an "artificial intelligence-assisted genocide" in Gaza.

"We are dismayed by the ongoing artificial intelligence-assisted genocide in Gaza," Kurtulmuş stated.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the exhibition in the area where the panel titled "A Year in the Shadow of Genocide" was created by the AK Party Headquarters Women's Branches for the 1st year of Israel's genocide in Gaza.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a strong condemnation of Israel's airstrike on Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Friday, accusing Israel of "systematically violating international law" and committing acts of genocide in Gaza.

Israel's long-contentious relationship with the United Nations has since Oct. 7 spiralled to new depths, amid insults and accusations and even a questioning of the country's continued U.N. membership.

Addressing the U.N. General Assembly on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the world body of treating his country unfairly.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan criticized Israel on Thursday for its refusal to adopt a two-state solution and warned that the unresolved Palestinian issue poses a risk to regional stability.

"We cannot wait for the goodwill of Israel to implement the two-state solution," Fidan stated.