Sharp attack on Netanyahu
Erdogan: “They make us miss Hitler”
December 27, 2023, 3:38 p.m
Once again, the Turkish president sharply attacks Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and compares him to Hitler. It also concerns numerous other states and international institutions. Berlin is not spared either.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler in connection with the Gaza war. “You spoke badly about Hitler,” Erdogan said at an event in the Turkish capital Ankara. “But what’s the difference with Hitler? They make us miss Hitler. Is what this Netanyahu is doing less than what Hitler did? It’s not.”
In addition, Hitler was not as rich as Netanyahu. “He is richer than Hitler, he receives support from the West.” All possible help is coming from the USA. “And what did they do with all the support? They killed more than 20,000 people in the Gaza Strip.”
Erdogan said the Gaza conflict was a test in which Western states, institutions, journalists and media, the United Nations Security Council and the EU had all failed. “Just as it was in Nazi Germany 80 years ago, the scientists who have the courage to call out the atrocity in Gaza today are being oppressed and threatened.” Germany, on the other hand, continues to pay the price for Hitler. “That’s why Germany is silent, that’s why its head is bowed.” In the past, Erdogan has repeatedly caused a stir with comparisons to Hitler.
At the beginning of November, Erdogan announced that Turkey had broken off contact with Netanyahu in the wake of the Gaza war. “Netanyahu is no longer an interlocutor for us,” he said, according to a statement from his press office. “We deleted it, we crossed it out.” However, Ankara does not intend to break off diplomatic relations with Israel. “Cutting ties completely is not possible, especially in international diplomacy,” he emphasized.