Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Saturday that Israelis have become 'a burden that humanity can no longer bear,' according to a report. The remarks mark the latest in a series of increasingly hostile statements from Turkish officials toward Israel.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Saturday that Israelis have become 'a burden that humanity can no longer bear,' according to a report. The statement, attributed to Fidan, did not specify the context or venue.
The remarks are the latest in a series of increasingly hostile statements from Turkish officials toward Israel. As The Zioneer reported on June 10, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for stopping Israel, saying it is humanity's duty, and later compared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Hitler. On July 2, Fidan himself said Israel is seeking a new enemy and that Turkey has no problem with confrontation. The pattern of rhetoric has widened the diplomatic rift between Ankara and Jerusalem.
No official Israeli response to Fidan's latest remarks has been reported yet.
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