ANKARA - Serpil Yildiz, a MP from the Motherland Party (ANAVATAN), resigned from her post in the Inter-parliamentary Turkey-Israel Friendship Group, to protest Israeli offensive against Lebanon and Palestine.
In a petition she sent to the Parliament Speaker`s Office, Yildiz said, ``Israel has been trampling on all values created by the humanity in the history. Its offensive against Lebanon and Palestine has been gradually turning into an atrocity and massacre.``
``Unfortunately all powers, including the United Nations, have remained silent against those inhuman acts. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes. Hospitals, public buildings, tourism centers and crowded dwellings were bombed, and everyone including children, women and elderly became target of Israeli attacks,`` she stressed.
``In order to make voices of Lebanese and Palestinian victims heard, I decided to resign from my position within the Inter-parliamentary Turkey-Israel Friendship Group,`` she added.