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Monday, July 29, 2024
Turkey again compares ‘genocidal Netanyahu’ to Hitler, after Erdogan appears to threaten to invade Israel
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The Turkish Foreign Ministry issues a statement comparing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hilter, hours after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — who has a long history of public sparring with the Israeli premier — appeared to threaten to invade Israel in support of the Palestinians and to end the ongoing war in Gaza.
“Just as the genocidal Hitler met his end, so will the genocidal Netanyahu,” the statement reads.
“Those who tried to eliminate the Palestinians will be held accountable, just like the genocidal Nazis. Humanity will stand with the Palestinians. You will not be able to eliminate the Palestinians.”
The statement comes after Erdoğan said last night that his country must be “very strong so that Israel can’t do these things to the Palestinians,” the Turkish leader said of the war. “Just as we entered [Nagorno-]Karabakh, just as we entered Libya, we might do the same to them. There is nothing we can’t do. We must only be strong.”
His bizarre statement came as Israel mulled its response to a rocket strike in the Golan Heights that killed 12 children and teens on Saturday, which Israel and the United States have blamed on Hezbollah.
The Times of Israel Community.