Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has branded Israel as a “terrorist state”.
“Israel is implementing a strategy of total annihilation of a city and its people. I say very clearly and frankly that Israel is a terrorist state,” Erdogan said in a recent speech to his ruling party.
“We will take steps to ensure that Israel’s political and military leaders who brutally murdered the oppressed people of Gaza will face trial in international courts,” he further said.
“I am telling Netanyahu (Israeli PM), you have atomic bombs, nuclear bombs and you are threatening with them. We know this. And your end is near. You can have as many nuclear bombs as you want. No matter what you have, you are on your way out,” the Turkish President added.
Responding to Erdogan’s remarks, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Erdogan supports terror state of Hamas.
“By contrast, there are forces that support the terrorists. One of them is President Erdogan of Turkey, who calls Israel a terrorist state, but supports the terror state of Hamas and bombed Turkish villages inside Turkey itself. So, we’re not going to get any lectures from them,” Netanyahu said.
