Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that had UN sanctions been imposed on Israel, the Palestine-Israel conflict would have been resolved a long time ago.

Speaking to TIME magazine, Erdogan said that the UN Security Council had issued "more than 89 resolutions on prospective sanctions related to Israel, but they've never been executed".

"One might wonder why no sanctions have been imposed on Israel. When it's Iran in question, you impose sanctions. Similarly with Sudan. What happens with Israel then?"

Read the full interview on the TIME's website.