Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again condemned the U.S. decision to move its Israel embassy to Jerusalem. In a statement published late Sunday, President Erdoğan said the U.S. disregarded "rights and justice," ignoring the international community.
Erdoğan says the move serves to "reward" the Israeli government despite it undermining efforts to resolve the decades-long conflict, while it "punished" Palestinians. Erdoğan says: "History and humanity will never forgive the injustices done to our Palestinian brothers."
Erdoğan has been vehemently critical of the U.S. decision and hosted an extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in December to condemn the move.
The Turkish president called on Israel to act "responsibly and with moderation" during possible protests on Monday to ensure no one's killed.
The US embassy will relocate from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Monday, capping US President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move that has upended decades of US policy towards the contested city. The new embassy is to be officially inaugurated on Monday.
A US delegation, including senior advisor to the president Jared Kushner and Trump's advisor and daughter Ivanka Trump, will be in attendance at the roughly 800-person ceremony scheduled for 1300 GMT.
