Israeli cabinet minister Amichai Chikli on Wednesday endorsed an independent Kurdish entity, which he juxtaposed with Syrian jihadist rebels supported by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

“Kurdistan must be granted independence, while Erdogan should be expelled from NATO and left to crown himself as the caliph of an Islamic state, ruling alongside his friends in ISIS [Islamic State] and Al-Qaeda,” wrote Chikli, Israel’s Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism. He was reacting to a news report about Turkey’s actions against Kurds in Syria.

Chikli did not say whether he meant independence in Syria, Iraq, or Turkey, all of which have heavily Kurdish regions. Chikli’s office did not immediately reply to a JNS request for clarification on this issue.