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Erdogan Opposed Netanyahu’s Attendance at Summit, Turkish Official Confirms
Netanyahu withdrew from the summit after threats of boycott from Turkey and Arab leaders, with over 20 world leaders attending the ceasefire talks, US officials said.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to leave a summit if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended, calling Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi mid-flight to express this concern.
- Netanyahu ultimately declined to attend the summit due to the proximity of a Jewish holiday, according to a statement from his office.
- Erdogan's threat to withdraw highlighted the tensions surrounding Netanyahu's potential presence, which could have affected relationships with Arab states.
- President Donald Trump attempted to arrange Netanyahu's attendance but faced backlash from regional leaders who threatened to boycott the event if he participated.
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Erdogan Opposed Netanyahu’s Attendance at Summit, Turkish Official Confirms
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made clear he would not accept Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s presence at a high-level summit in Egypt, a senior official said Tuesday, adding that Ankara had made plans to prevent the Israeli leader from attending the meeting. The remarks by Omer Celik, spokesman for Erdogan’s ruling party, marked the first public confirmation that Türkiye had actively worked to block Netanyahu’s participatio…
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Erdogan opposed Netanyahu's attendance at summit, Turkish official confirms
A senior official says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made it clear he would not accept Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s presence at a high-level summit in Egypt.
Turkey, Iraq pressure forced Netanyahu to pull from Gaza summit
The opposition of Turkey and Iraq to the presence of Benjamin Netanyahu at Monday's Gaza summit in Egypt prompted him to cancel at the last minute, two diplomatic sources told AFP. "At the initiative of President (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan and through Turkey's diplomatic efforts - with the support of other leaders - Netanyahu did not attend the meeting in Egypt," a Turkish diplomatic source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity because they w…
Netanyahu disinvited to Gaza summit after Erdoğan threatened to pull out
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan deliberately delayed his landing at Sharm el-Sheikh airport following a last-minute request to President Donald Trump to bar Benjamin Netanyahu from attending the Gaza ‘peace summit’. President Erdoğan’s plane refused to land at Sharm el-Sheikh airport ahead of Monday’s “Peace in the Middle East” summit, amid reports that Israeli Prime […] The post Netanyahu disinvited to Gaza summit after Erdoğan threatene…
In a matter of a couple of hours Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, spent Monday from being one of the attendees at the Egypt summit for peace in Gaza to reject Donald Trump's invitation, according to Israeli media, for the proximity of the Jewish festival Simjat Torah and because his presence could cause him internal problems with the most extremist members of his government, especially considering that he was going to meet the presid…
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