While de-escalation is far from being achieved in the Middle East, tensions continue to rise between Israel and Turkey. Benyamin Netanyahu strongly criticized Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday after his recent comments on the ceasefire with Iran. In return, the Turkish presidency condemned the “desperate” attack by a “criminal sought by warrants.”
“Israel, under my leadership, will continue to fight against the terrorist regime of Iran and its allies, unlike Erdogan who pampers them and has massacred his own Kurdish citizens,” said the Israeli Prime Minister.
Netanyahu accused of “genocide in Gaza”
Shortly after the conclusion of a ceasefire between the United States and Iran, Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Wednesday against “possible provocations or acts of sabotage” that could jeopardize the truce. He also called, during a telephone conversation with Donald Trump, for the two-week ceasefire to be “used to achieve a lasting peace agreement” and to “not compromise this process in any way.”
The Turkish presidency responded to Benyamin Netanyahu’s attacks on X. “Netanyahu, who orchestrated a genocide in Gaza and attacked seven countries in the region, is targeting our President out of desperation,” criticized Burhanettin Duran, director of communication for the Turkish presidency. “This criminal sought by warrants […] is dragging the region into chaos and conflict as a survival strategy (…)
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