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 Change, told Turkish media. “Of course, we will discuss the climate and climate justice here.