Turkish Deputy Education Minister Nazif Yilmaz wrote on Twitter to Israel’s Prime Minister Binyanim Netanyahu that “one day they [the Palestinians] will also shoot you. You’ll die.”
He wrote the comments in response to a tweet by Netanyahu showing a photo of Gaza, with the caption: “We’re continuing with all our power.”
Netanyahu was referring to the strikes against Gaza in response to the brutal murder of over 1,200 of its residents by Gazan terrorists, the injury of over 3,000, the abduction of about 150, and the launch of over 5,000 rockets into Israel.
Netanyahu was scheduled to visit Turkey in July but delayed his trip after he underwent surgery for a pacemaker implantation. Last month, in the first meeting between the two, Netanyahu met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in New York.
However, Erdogan, who has been on a campaign for warmer ties with Israel in recent years, is now showing his true anti-Israel colors, saying on Wednesday that Israel is not “acting like a state” in the Gaza Strip.
Erdogan slammed the IDF’s “shameful attacks” on the “innocents” in the Gaza Strip.
In the same speech, Erdogan noted that Turkey will increase its attacks on Kurds in Syria and Iraq, during which many civilians have been killed and injured.
No, he did not note the irony or hypocrisy of his statements.
Erdogan: We are against the killing of civilians in Israel. But we also oppose the massacre of defenceless innocents in Gaza by bombardments
Israel should act like a state, not like an organisation, otherwise it will diminish its international standing
pic.twitter.com/LC13238DVX— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) October 11, 2023
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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And you’re surprised because????
The leader of Hamas operates out of Turkey, while Turkey is part of the Nato Allay. The only way to eliminate Hamas is by putting pressure on Biden admin to demand from his “Nato Alley_Turkey” to immediately surrender the head of Hamas and his Cabinet to the US/Israel for a trial. That is how we eliminated the Nazis. Turkey can not be speasking from the two sides of its moth anymore! Is Shumer going to talk to Biden about this?
It is a very simple solution: USA demands that the 14-20 US hostages to be released with hours. If not, there would be an act of war against the militants that captured American civilians. Since Turkey is part of the NATO, They then become obligated to hand over the leaders of Hamas for THE trial and hopeful execrations.
the sultan-wannabe is too smart for his own good. this game of playing both sides and lying through his teeth will end badly for him. for starters, israel should announce support for kurdish independence, effective immediately, and cancel all discussions of energy cooperation with turkey, until hamas’ leaders are expelled from constantinople.
Blah blah blah, not being an American I must say I have no understanding of your mixed agenda’s….America has been at fault and liberal jews have sided with the fact that we are apartheid….we are settlers, yes, 3400 years ago Hashem settled our little hearts into the TORAH, THIS IS WHERE WE STAND, nothing exists outside of this and there is no question at all, we are attacked on 3 sides, read Mitzvah Candle by Maharal, then see where your hand is in and let it go and clean it up FINISH IS OFF
What a surprise…also, I don’t understand how people fly Turkish airlines thru Istanbul with the leadership as it is there
Turkey is guilty of genocide. The Turkish terrorist government killed millions of Armenians. Throw Turkey out of NATO, now.
I think that ss
@justsmile613,
don’t believe everything year hear and see at face value, there’s more to it than you think.
If Turkey really held what they say, they would have long ago stopped flights and more.
all big talk, – Lev Melachim Beyad Hashem.
i hope no frum Yidden lobby for this guy
tzedikis: read the very first Rashi on this weeks Parsha, Bereishis