{
  "id": 19337131,
  "title": "Turkey shuns Israel at Cop31 climate summit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/turkey-shuns-israel-at-cop31-climate-summit-19337131",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-10T12:29:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/11/10/turkey-shuns-israel-at-cop31-climate-summit/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Turkey's climate summit, known as Cop31, has seen Israel's leaders excluded from the event. President Murat Kurum, the host's Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, revealed the absence was due to the ongoing mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza. He emphasized that climate justice requires peace, a point underscored by the Palestinian pavilion's focus on Gaza's destruction. The US, under President Donald Trump, is also absent, having withdrawn from the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. Greenpeace Israel warned that decisions made at the summit will still affect Israel, given the global impact of climate change. The conflict in Gaza has dealt a severe blow to Turkey-Israel relations, with Ankara accusing Israel of genocide and curtailing trade relations, despite not severing diplomatic ties entirely. Human rights groups have documented significant environmental damage in Gaza, with the UN Environment Programme reporting unprecedented damage to its soil, freshwater supplies, and coastline.",
  "summary": "Turkey did not invite Israel ’s leaders to participate in the Cop31 climate summit, citing the mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza as the reason for its refusal, the minister running the talks has said. “As the host country for the leaders’ summit, we did not send an invitation to Israel,” Cop31 President Murat Kurum, who is also Turkey's Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}