Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Wednesday over his brutal campaign on Gaza, saying the Israeli leader is similar to Adolf Hitler.
“They used to speak ill of Hitler. What difference do you have from Hitler? They are going to make us miss Hitler. Is what this Netanyahu is doing any less than what Hitler did? It is not,” Erdogan said.
“He is richer than Hitler, he gets the support from the West. All sorts of support comes from the United States. And what did they do with all this support? They killed more than 20,000 Gazans,” he added.
Netanyahu fired back at Erdogan and accused the Turkish leader of committing genocide against the Kurds. Ankara has been at war with Kurdish insurgent groups seeking autonomy who are based in southeast Turkey, northern Syria, and northern Iraq for decades. According to Reuters, the conflict with the main insurgent group, the PKK, has killed over 40,000 people since the 1980s.
“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,” Netanyahu said.
While criticizing Erdogan for imprisoning journalists, Netanyahu’s campaign in Gaza has been the most devastating war for journalists in recorded history. More than 60 Palestinian journalists have been killed since October 7.
Netanyahu also claimed that the Israeli Defense Forces, which has killed over 8,000 children in Gaza so far, is the most “moral army in the world.” He said the IDF was fighting “to eliminate the most abhorrent and brutal terrorist organization in the world.”
Turkey and Israel were recently on the same side in the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, which ended with Azerbaijan ethnically cleansing the enclave of over 100,000 Armenians. Turkey openly supported the Azeri attack on the now-defunct Republic of Artsakh, and Israel quietly supplied weapons to Azerbaijan ahead of the assault, which took place in September.
I love this little feud. I love Netanyahu talking about the morality of the “operation”, just like the morality of the previous “operations”, Cast Lead and Protective Edge, and the sacrifice of his people on 7Oct to start the ball rolling on the “final solution”. Who is the terrorist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzhiPPq7Gak
Yes,yes,and what about Turkey and political repression at home and of the Kurds.
Do something about it then…! All talk… no Actions…!
There are stories of Turkish troops in Gaza. Do you really expect that Turkey will risk getting his Navy sunk or his air force shot down for Gaza?
Jake, don’t underestimate Turkey’s air force. Turkey will not get involved in Gaza because Turkey gains nothing by doing such.
Like so many others. He won’t. Have you notice how he has dropped his opposition to Sweden joining NATO?
Netanyahu is another Putin.
Both invaded and annexed a smaller country fighting for freedom and independence.
If you support Putin, you support Bibi.
Gazans mean death to Israel, not unity in a one state solution or a two state solution- not full justice and reconciliation-extirpation and death.
Why do Zionists always accuse their enemies of things that they would do, or actually do, for that matter ? Come to think of it, our Neoliberal/Neoconservative Order is guilty of that as well.
The population of Gaza is 2.23 million.
The estimated membership of Hamas — which was executing dissidents and violently suppressing street riots against its misrule of Gaza as recently as July — is 20,000 to 25,000.
On what basis are you attributing the intentions/actions of that 20-25k to the other 2.275 million?
Tom, for all practical purposes, Hamas is the governing body of Gaza and clearly enjoys the support of the people living in Gaza.
Sure, if by “for all practical purposes” you mean “I find it convenient to pretend.”
1.Hamas was elected by the citizens of Gaza to be their government.
2.People everywhere suffer for the bad governments they have.
3.I watched the joy people in Gaza displayed when captive Israelis were paraded before them.
4.War and hatred has caused a shift by both sides to extremism.
Actually I don’t recall Hitler bombing his own concentration camps. He was a better man than Netanyahu.
Did I misunderstand what you said or did I just realize how profound your comment was? Are you arguing that Netanyahu is just as evil as Hitler but is also smarter? …Wow! That is brilliant! I think you nailed it!
Let’s call it a draw. So, from here on out it can be the next “Hitler” or the next “Netanyahu” when we want to describe whomever we want to destroy next.
” He was a better man than Netanyahu” Are you nuts? Netanyahu is not that good but your statement is ridiculous. I suggest you read “The rise and fall of the Third Reich” Than you would know how many Germans he had killed for various reasons. Hint: A lot.
Dead is dead
Like your intellect.
They can’t. And neither can Ukraine. Once you’re already a Nazi, you’re always already a Nazi.
40,000 killed, both Turks and Kurds, since the 1980s – in that conflict they aren’t carpet bombing towns. The dead are mostly combatants. (Except the Kurds have crossed over and have been ethnically cleansing Arab villages in Syria, with U.S. aid. The Kurdish strategy is to be completely subservient to Israeli interests, to “become another Israel”.)
They have been repeating the “most moral army in the world” line for a long time. Back when an Israeli helicopter fired at a family having a picknick by the beach. When they fired guns at boys playing soccer in a schoolyard. When they prevented a pregnant woman crossing the street to the hospital, so she had to give birth on the sidewalk.
“Most moral army in the world,” and “the only democracy in the Middle East,” and “America’s closest ally in the Middle East” – when Israel does nothing for the U.S. and Washington’s M.E. policy is bent around making Muslim countries go along with it. All of this is the Big Lie Technique which Hitler warned about – and which we are then told he advocated in that paragraph of his book, which is yet another example of the Big Lie Technique. Most people are used to ordinary lies, but can’t imagine a lie so completely opposite of the truth, such as “most moral army of the world”. So they imagine there has to be SOMETHING behind it, as no one would lie so brazenly. “No smoke without fire.”
The Big Lie Technique isn’t about convincing you but about confusing you. And make you afraid of questioning it, when Netanyahu’s side is stating it so loudly and unflinchingly, staring you in the eye. Too scary. Better just leave it, then.
If I didn’t already know the real super slimy demonic snake called Erdogan, then I would have enjoyed its comment on Netanyahu. I know… I agree… I’m such a spoiled Pre-Madonna brat that can’t even enjoy something like that. Yes. I am. I was born before Madonna and now even look better than she does.
Dead Kissinger once described the Iran/Iraq war as two scorpions in a bottle. That would be a perfect description of Netanyahu and Erdogan.
MY NEIGHBOR IS HITLER. EVERYONE IS HITLER. Bibi and the USSA (UN) gubments are no good.
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A common sense update on Global-Communism versus Sovereign Nations (senior editor at Ronin’s Revelations). December 31, 2023 edition:
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https://roninhardjan.substack.com/p/americas-shadow-government-behind
Unfortunately they’re both right. Genocide has a long history. Remember Noah and his ark?