Skip to main content
Live Blog Update| Occupation

Turkey's Erdogan attacks Biden and Austria over Gaza response

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described his US counterpart Joe Biden as having "blood-soaked hands" after the Democrat approved the emergency transfer of guided missiles to Israel on Monday.

Erdogan, who has previously clashed with Biden over the latter's recognition of the Armenian genocide, also condemned Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for raising the Israeli flag over Vienna.

"The Austrian state is probably trying to have the Muslims pay the price of their own genocide against Jews," he said, before suggesting the city of Jerusalem should be ruled by members of the three Abrahamic faiths to ensure security and peace.