INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Turkey on Wednesday accused the United States of having a policy of double standards on human rights, saying Washington&s annual rights
report failed to reflect Israel&s assaults in Gaza, Reuters reported.Turkey&s foreign ministry said in a statement it was deeply concerned
report did not &duly reflect the ongoing inhumane attacks in Gaza&.The report was prepared with &political motives, far from impartiality
and objectivity&, it said, calling on Washington to cease its &double-standard policy on human rights&.It also cited U.S
ties with the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia which Ankara deems a terrorist organisation.Israeli forces have killed more than 34,000
Palestinians in Gaza, according to health authorities there, many of them civilians and children
The enclave has been reduced to a wasteland and extreme food shortages have prompted fears of famine.Israel launched its assault in response
to an attack by the Hamas militant group on Oct
7 in which Israel says 1,200 people were killed
It denies allegations of deliberately causing humanitarian suffering and targeting civilians.Turkey has denounced Israel for its campaign in
Gaza and called for a ceasefire
It has also criticised Western countries for what it calls their unconditional support of Israel, read the report.In its report, the U.S
State Department said Israel&s war against Hamas had a &significant negative impact& on the human rights situation in Israel.On Monday, U.S
Secretary of State AntZony Blinken rejected suggestions that Washington might have double standards over Israel&s record.The post Turkey
of double standards over Gaza in rights report first appeared on Ariana News.
