The Turkish government has given up on diplomacy:
Turkey has severed all ties with Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday. Erdogan made the comments to journalists aboard his plane following visits to Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan.
“The government of the Republic of Turkey, under the leadership of Tayyip Erdogan, will not continue or develop relations with Israel,” Erdogan said. “[Our ruling coalition] is resolute in its decision to cut ties with Israel, and we will maintain this stance in the future as well. We, as the Republic of Turkey and its government, have currently severed all relations with Israel.”
The Gazacaust was clearly a step too far for many nations around the world to accept. While there are still a fair number of Boomers in the USA who cling to the “plucky little Israel” rhetoric, the rest of the world has been aghast by the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. Fair or not, in the binary thinking of world opinion, they are the bad guys now. Because there are acts that no provocation, rationalization, or justification will suffice to explain away.
Especially when all you’ve got to offer is a green flag.