(JNS) Just before the July 7 NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called US President Donald Trump and reminded him of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s escalating anti-Israel statements. He asked Trump to “rein in” Erdoğan’s belligerent and antisemitic rhetoric. Netanyahu mentioned Erdoğan’s reference to Zionism as a genocidal” ideology and the assertion that Israel poses a threat to Turkey’s survival.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has also escalated the anti-Israel rhetoric, saying in an interview with Turkey’s CNN Türk TV that Israel is “a burden that humanity can no longer bear” and “a problem for the entire world.” Fidan then called on the international community to impose sanctions on Israel. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar called Fidan’s words “a clear call for genocide.”
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