The Israeli prime minister opined on Wednesday that the Turkish president is “the last person who can teach Israelis moral lessons” in response to statements by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who compared Benjamin Netanyahu to Hitler.
In statements this Wednesday, the Turkish president argued that there is no difference between Netanyahu and Adolf Hitler because “the brutality” of Israel’s attacks on Gaza does not lag behind that of the Nazi dictator.
“Erdogan, who is committing genocide against the Kurds, who holds the world record for the number of journalists arrested for opposing his government, is the last person who can give us moral lessons”the Israeli Prime Minister responded in a statement.
Netanyahu argued that the Israeli army has the most moral values, even when fighting against it “the most horrible and cruel terrorist organization in the world, Hamas-ISIS [ISIS, uma das siglas associadas ao grupo ‘jihadista’ Estado Islâmico]who has committed crimes against humanity, but whom Erdogan praises and welcomes as his main perpetrators”.
The Turkish president stated during a public intervention that Israel’s response to the October 7 attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which Israeli authorities say caused around 1,200 deaths and more than 200 hostages, is contrary to “all the values of the humanity’. .”
Turkey is a historic ally of Israel, but relations between the two countries have deteriorated since Erdogan came to power in 2002, and there have been two periods of rift in the past decade, although full diplomatic ties were restored last year.
After the Hamas attack in October, Erdogan criticized the Israeli response and deemed the successive bombings of Gaza a “war crime.” That is why Israel withdrew its ambassador from Ankara at the end of October.
The war between Israel and Hamas was triggered by the unprecedented attack on Israeli territory, which prompted Tel Aviv to declare war on the Islamist group and launch a military offensive in Gaza, in addition to blocking access to essential goods such as water, medicines and fuel. .
According to authorities in Gaza, controlled by Hamas, Israeli retaliation has already caused at least 21,110 deaths and 55,243 injuries, the majority of them children and women, in addition to more than 300 deaths in attacks in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Source: DN
