Turkey Stops Trade With Israel Due to Gaza Conflict
Turkey has suspended trade with Israel because of the country’s ongoing military action in Gaza, Turkey’s trade ministry announced last week, according to an unofficial translation. It said it has “decided to move to a new phase in economic relations with Israel,” including restrictions on exports and imports, until Israel reaches a “permanent ceasefire” with Hamas and allows “uninterrupted access of aid” to Gaza.
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Israel Katz, the Israeli foreign affairs minister, said Turkey is “breaking agreements by blocking ports for Israeli imports and exports.” Israel is searching for “alternatives for trade with Turkey, focusing on local production and imports from other countries,” Katz said in a May 2 post on social media platform X.