AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): A former US diplomat and army colonel called for a halt to US funding and weapons supplies to Israel while taking part in a rally in southern Türkiye in support of Palestinians.
Participants in the huge “Freedom Convoy for Palestine” organized by Türkiye’s Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), which set out from Istanbul on Sunday, protested Israel's attacks on Palestine in front of the Incirlik Air Base in the southern city of Adana, where a number of US forces are stationed.
Representatives and members of civil society groups from various cities in Türkiye as well as members of the public who support the convoy gathered in front of the airbase, where the US Air Force 39th Air Wing Command is stationed.
Among the protestors was Mary Annette Wright, a 77-year-old retired US Army colonel and former US diplomat, who told Anadolu she had resigned from the US government 20 years ago in opposition to the war on Iraq and has since been working with groups all over the world to challenge US policies "that kill people around the world."
"We don't want any more killing. And it's the US partner, Israel, that's causing the killing. So it's up to the US to really talk strongly to Israel and stop giving them weapons that are killing the Palestinians.
"Israel rejects a cease-fire because they want to continue to kill more and more innocent civilians in Gaza. That's their purpose. They want to continue the war, to continue the killing. And that's terrible, and the US is protecting them doing that," she said.
She also expressed her admiration for IHH to be able to mobilize so many people in Türkiye, saying a convoy of 5,000 cars and buses came all the way to Adana.
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