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Turkish president Erdogan calls Netanyahu a ‘terrorist’, Israel a ‘terrorist state’

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Turkish president Erdogan calls Netanyahu a 'terrorist', Israel a 'terrorist state'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is fuming over the killing of 17 Palestinian protesters in Gaza calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a ‘terrorist’ and Israel a ‘terrorist state’.

Erdogan also slammed Netanyahu over his comments targeting Turkey’s ongoing military operation in the northwestern Syrian region of Afrin.

The Turkish president also frowned at Netanyahu’s rejection of Ankara’s “moral lessons” over the Israeli army’s killing of Palestinian protesters in Gaza, and labelling Erdogan as someone who “bombs Kurdish villagers”.

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“He says our soldiers are oppressing people in Afrin. Netanyahu, you are very weak, very poor,” Erdogan told the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) congress in the southern Adana province.

“We are dealing with terrorists, but you are not. Because you are a terror state,” Erdogan added.

Calling the Israeli prime minister “an occupier” in Palestine, Erdogan said: “You are also a terrorist.
“History is recording what you have done to all those oppressed Palestinians … We are not guilty of any act of occupation.”

The latest onslaught has witnessed the killing of no less than 17 Palestinians and the wounding of more than 1,500 on Friday when Israeli forces opened fire on “Land Day” protesters near the Gaza Strip’s eastern border.

 

 

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