Turkish first lady urges Melania Trump to speak out for Gaza’s children

Turkish first lady urges Melania Trump to speak out for Gaza’s children

Emine Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, has written a letter to Melania Trump, the wife of Donald Trump, urging her to contact Israel’s prime minister and raise the issue of the plight of the Gaza children.

Emine, the wife of Recep Tayip Erdogan’s wife, wrote on Friday that Melania sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin a letter about the state of children in Russia and Ukraine earlier this month.

Emine said the sentiments expressed in the American first lady’s letter to Putin reflected a conscience that was acutely aware of global issues, according to Turkiye’s state media.

Every child has the unquestionable right to grow up in a loving and secure environment, according to Erdogan, who praised Melania’s position.

This right does not apply to any particular region, race, religion, or ideology only. The human family has a fundamental responsibility to support the oppressed who are denied this right.

Your compassion for the lives lost, broken families, and orphaned children in Ukraine is a gesture that inspires hope in hearts, she wrote in this context, especially as the spouse of a leader.

Every child has the same quiet dreams, whether they are born into a country’s rural countryside or a stunning city-center, Melania, according to the US media, wrote in an address to President Putin. They envision safety from danger, love, and possibility.

“I believe you will show this significant sensitivity, which you have shown to the 648 Ukrainian children who lost their lives during the war,” added Emine, “and even more so to Gaza, where 62, 000 innocent civilians, including 18, 000 children, were brutally murdered within two years.”

Famine confirmed

A global hunger monitor announced on Friday that famine is currently affecting Gaza City and nearby areas, and that it will likely spread, escalating Israeli pressure on the Palestinians to allow for more aid.

More than two million Palestinians live in Gaza, where Israel has been imposing restrictions on the entry of aid there for months, the majority of whom have been displaced multiple times during Israel’s brutal war. Aid organizations have urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to permit the entry of aid waiting outside Gaza’s border and blame Israel for the famine.

Netanyahu called the UN declaration of famine an “outright lie” and scolded it.

More than 62, 000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s conflict with Gaza, which began after Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023. It has stricken large portions of the enclave, which have been under a land, sea, and air blockade by Israel since 2007;

Source: Aljazeera

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