During the 2014 Israel-Hamas war, Erdogan said Jerusalem was “keeping Hitler’s spirit alive.”
(December 27, 2023 / JNS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “no different” than Nazi leader Adolf Hitler due to Israel’s prosecution of the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“We watched Israel’s Nazi camps. What kind of job is this?” asked Erdogan during a speech, according to a Channel 12 translation. “They talk about Hitler in a strange way, what is the difference between them and Hitler? They will make us miss Hitler even more,” he continued.
During the 2014 Israel-Hamas war, Erdogan also compared the Jewish state to Nazi Germany, saying Jerusalem was “keeping Hitler’s spirit alive.”
PM Netanyahu, in his Telegram account responded, saying this:
Erdogan, who commits genocide against the Kurds, who holds a world record for imprisoning journalists who oppose his rule, is the last one who can preach morality to us.
The IDF is the most moral army in the world that fights and destroys the most abhorrent and cruel terrorist organization in the world, Hamas ISIS, which has committed crimes against humanity and Erdogan praises it and hosts its senior officials.