Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who in recent hours compared him to Adolf Hitler. Since the war between Israel and Hamas began, the president of Turkey has been one of the most hostile leaders to the Jewish state, even accusing it of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip and blaming the West for the situation.
Erdogan took shots at his Israeli counterpart during the day on Tuesday. “We have seen the camps in Israel, like those of the Nazis. They speak ill of Hitler. But, between you and Hitler, what is the difference? Is what Netanyahu does less than what Hitler did? ... They are going to make us long for Hitler," he said.
At the beginning of December, within the framework of an event of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) In Istanbul, the president of Turkey said that “beyond being a war criminal, Netanyahu, who is now the butcher of Gaza, and he will be tried as the butcher of Gaza, just as Milosevic was tried,” in reference to the former Yugoslav president who was tried for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in The Hague.
Netanyahu's response: Erdogan 'is the last person who can preach morality to us'
"Bibi" took just a few hours to respond to his counterpart in Turkey, directly accusing him of carrying out a "genocide against the Kurds."
Erdogan, who is committing genocide against the Kurds and who holds the world record for imprisoning journalists who oppose his regime, is the last person who can preach morality to us.
The IDF, which is the most moral army in the world, is fighting to eliminate the most…
— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) December 27, 2023
As if that were not enough, he assured that Erdogan "holds the world record for imprisoning journalists who oppose his regime" and that "he is the last person who can preach morality to us."
"The IDF, which is the most moral army in the world, is fighting to eliminate the most abhorrent and brutal terrorist organization in the world, Hamas-ISIS, which has committed crimes against humanity, and which Erdogan has praised and whose leaders he hosts," Netanyahu said on X, formerly Twitter.
Part of the prime minister's response is based on the ranking prepared by the organization Reporters Without Borders, which listed the countries that have the most repression towards journalism. According to their analysis, Turkey is in 16th place, while North Korea, China and Vietnam top the ranking.
Erdogan's re-election
The current Turkish president was recently re-elected and secured another five years in power, after defeating his opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu with 52.1% of the vote.
"I want to thank each and every member of my nation who gave us the responsibility of governing our country for five years with your election. I hope we will be worthy of your trust as it has been for 21 years. We completed the second round of the presidential election with the favor of our nation. I would like to express my gratitude to my nation for giving us a day of democracy," he celebrated at the time.
