JERUSALEM: The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday (Aug 21) called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan an “antisemitic dictator” and vowed Israel would “continue to act forcefully against Türkiye’s attempts to destabilise the region”.
It comes days after Syria accused Israel of bombing an air base in the country’s north, a short drive from the Turkish border, with Netanyahu later tacitly acknowledging the strike.
Netanyahu had said Erdogan was looking to establish a military presence there, but Türkiye has denied any visit to the site.
It also follows an announcement by Türkiye on Friday that it had sought an international arrest warrant for Netanyahu, accusing him of “genocide” linked to Israel’s interception of an aid flotilla for Gaza.
“Israel has long been unimpressed by Turkey’s hypocrisy. Erdogan is an antisemitic dictator who massacred Kurds, supports the massacre of the Hamas terrorist organisation, and oppresses his own people,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.
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