Prime Minister Netanyahu said Tuesday evening in a Channel 14 interview that Turkish President Erdogan has forgotten the 400 years of Ottoman rule ended, asserting that a strong state called Israel with the IDF now exists in the region.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent hostile rhetoric in an interview on Channel 14 Tuesday evening, stating that Erdogan appears to have forgotten that the 400-year Ottoman rule over the region ended long ago. 'Today there is a strong state here, it's called Israel, there is the IDF,' Netanyahu said.
The remarks come amid an escalating verbal confrontation between the two leaders. Over the past week, Erdogan has repeatedly called for Israel to be stopped and warned of possible military confrontation, statements Netanyahu’s office said are taken with utmost seriousness. In earlier interviews, Netanyahu cautioned Erdogan that Israel has proven its capabilities and that the Turkish president 'should calm down.'
The background includes The Zioneer's prior coverage of Erdogan's increasingly aggressive posture, including an assessment by the Abu Ali Express channel that Erdogan's rhetoric mirrors Iran's but is backed by advanced NATO weaponry. Tuesday's interview continues Netanyahu's pattern of directly rebutting the Turkish president's statements while emphasizing Israeli sovereignty and military strength.
2 developments
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- StrongPM Netanyahu calls Turkey's Erdogan an antisemitic dictator, accuses him of supporting Hamas
- DevelopingNetanyahu says Israel takes Erdogan’s calls to destroy Israel seriously, will flag to US
- DevelopingErdogan says humanity must stop Israel, Turkey will work for regional peace
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