Palestinian president says he will visit Gaza during address to Turkish parliament

The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, addressed the Turkish parliament on Thursday, a speech scheduled by Turkey’s leadership after the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, made a speech to a joint session of US congress. Abbas told Turkish MPs that he intended to visit Gaza, and that the Middle East would not enjoy stability until a Palestinian state that incorporated Gaza, the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem was recognised. The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was seen in the gallery listening to Abbas, with whom he held an official meeting
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