Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced the double standards in the Western media during their handling of the events in Gaza and their open bias towards the Israeli aggression. Erdogan said in his speech this evening at a photojournalism awards ceremony in Istanbul: 'Those who do not care about the human tragedy in Gaza do not even feel the need to hide their hypocritical policies and lack of conscience.' He stressed the need for all of us to think about the inability of the Islamic world to impose its word on Israel, despite its population of two billion people and its economic power estimated at trillions of dollars. He stressed that "international institutions are not the only ones who did not pass the Gaza test, but the institutions of the Islamic world also did not succeed in doing so, unfortunately." The Turkish President pointed out that nearly 150 journalists were killed as a result of the Israeli attacks on Gaza since last October. He said: 'Journalists were killed and became targets o f bullets during live broadcasts. The Israeli police raided and closed the offices of international media organizations. 'Israel violated all principles and rules of press freedom, trampled them into rags.' Erdogan pointed out that other than a group of brave journalists, there was no clear reaction in any Western media organization to the Israeli attacks on Gaza. He added: "They did not see the genocide. They did not hear the screams of the oppressed. They did not speak the truth, rather, they continued to play the three monkeys (I do not see, I do not hear, I do not speak) since the seventh of last October and they chose not to resist the pressures of the Zionist lobby, but rather to surrender to it, in order to support Israel, they buried the values ??they had defended for decades in mass graves in Gaza. The Turkish President said: 'Because of the shame of the Holocaust, the Western powers will continue to provide unconditional support for Israel at the expense of violating its principles. The UN Securi ty Council, which serves the interests of 5 countries, will also not take 'Any steps against Israel. The international media will not show Israel's brutality, nor will it transmit its cries of oppressed people, as is the case today.' He asked: 'What will the Islamic world do in the face of such a situation, what measures will it take, and how will it prevent injustice and oppression in Gaza?' We have no other way out but to ask ourselves these questions often and have the courage to face the truth." In this context, Erdogan called for self-accountability, saying: 'The sooner we do this, it will be in the interest of 'The Islamic nation and humanity, and Turkey, which has sheltered the oppressed, will continue to stand by the oppressed and against the oppressors. Source: National Iraqi News Agency