After Turkey’s president accused Western powers of backing what he charged were Israeli plans to attack Lebanon and “spread war” throughout the region, Foreign Minister Israel Katz calls Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “war criminal.”
“Erdogan announced his support for Hezbollah against Israel’s threats,” writes Katz on X. “Erdogan is a war criminal who slaughters innocent Kurds across the Syrian border and tries to deny Israel its right to self-defense against a terror organization attacking from Lebanon under Iran’s orders.”
“Be quiet and shame on you!” Katz finishes.
Erdogan, a vocal critic of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza following the terror group’s devastating attack on October 7, has often expressed support for the Palestinian terrorist organization as defenders of their homeland.
Erdogan has also met with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul, after which he encouraged Palestinians to unite against Israel.
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