On Wednesday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan compared Israel’s assaults on Gaza to the Nazi persecution of the Jewish people, saying that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from Adolf Hitler.
Supporting a two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem, Turkey, a member of NATO, has denounced Israel’s air and ground assault on Gaza, referring to it as a “terror state” and asserting that its leaders ought to face trial in international courts.
Erdogan sharpened his rhetoric, saying that Western nations that support Israel were participants in what he called war crimes and that Turkey would welcome scholars and scientists who were being persecuted for their opinions on the situation in Gaza.
They used to criticize Hitler. How are you different from Hitler? They will cause us to miss Hitler. Does this Netanyahu’s actions pale in comparison to those of Hitler? It isn’t,” declared Erdogan.
“He receives backing from the West and is wealthier than Hitler. The United States provides all types of assistance. And with all this help, what did they do? More than 20,000 Gazans were slaughtered, he claimed.
