Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: TUMAY BERKIN/REUTERS AND MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
Published March 23, 2024
Earlier this month, Erdogan compared Netanyahu in a speech to some of history’s known dictators, including Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin.
“I instructed Israel’s Foreign Ministry officials to summon the Turkish deputy ambassador to Israel for a serious reprimand, following Erdogan’s attack on Prime Minister Netanyahu and his threats to send PM Netanyahu to Allah and to convey a clear message to Erdogan,” Katz wrote. “You who support the burning of babies, murderers, rapists, and the mutilation of corpses by Hamas criminals, is the last one who can speak about God.
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RELATED: ‘Be quiet:’ Israel summons Turkish envoy after Erdogan threatens Netanyahu
Deputy ambassador called in for a ‘serious reprimand’ as Turkish president vows to send Netanyahu ‘to Allah’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint press conference with Ukrainian President at the Dolmabahce Presidental office in Istanbul on March 8, 2024. (Ozan Kose/AFP)
Published March 22, 2024
Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Friday ordered the Foreign Ministry to summon Turkey’s envoy to Israel for a “serious reprimand” after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to “send [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] to Allah.”
“I instructed officials to summon the Turkish deputy ambassador to Israel for a serious reprimand, following Erdogan’s serious attack on Prime Minister Netanyahu and his threats to send PM Netanyahu to Allah and to convey a clear message to Erdogan,” Katz posted on X.
“You who support the burning of babies, murderers, rapists and the mutilation of corpses by Hamas criminals, [are] the last one who can speak about God. There is no God who will listen to those who support the atrocities and crimes against humanity committed by your barbaric Hamas friends,” Katz said. “Be quiet and shame on you!”
The deputy ambassador was summoned as Turkey withdrew its ambassador at the start of the war.
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RELATED: Turkey hits back after Israel protests Erdogan’s comments cursing Netanyahu
Published March 22, 2024
ANKARA — Turkey remains defiant in the face of Israel’s diplomatic protest of comments made by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cursing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Turkey will continue to speak the truth, and bring the indescribable persecution of the Palestinian people to the global agenda,” Turkish Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Oncu Keceli said in a statement on Friday.
Earlier Friday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry had summoned Turkey’s number two diplomat in the country to protest Erdogan’s criticism of Netanyahu.
In a fresh attack on the Israeli prime minister over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Erdogan told the crowd gathered at an election rally in central Anatolia on Thursday, “I’m leaving the person called Netanyahu in the Lord’s hands.” He then added, “May the Lord damn him.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced that Turkey’s charges d’affaires, Mehmet Sekerci, had been summoned to the ministry on his instructions to “convey a clear message to Erdogan.”
