Erdogan claims Israel’s mentality ‘no different from Hitler’ as daughter joins Istanbul protest

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Turkey goes all Godwin on Bibi. Tsk. Headline edited to remove special characters.

Israel’s approach to the Palestinians is no different to the mentality of Adolf Hitler, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, accusing Israel of committing “systematic atrocity and state terror” against the Palestinians since 1948. While he welcomed Egypt’s initiative for a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, Erdoğan said a cease-fire was not enough and stressed that Israel should “immediately lift the illegal embargo on Palestine.”

“What Israel has been doing in Gaza since last week is not explainable. Israel continues to terrorize. Moving beyond individual terrorism, it’s now committing state terror,” he said, speaking in his weekly address to his parliamentary group on July 15.

Erdoğan’s statements come after the Israeli military’s deadly offensive against Gaza that has claimed the lives of more than 200 Palestinians so far. The Turkish prime minister, now running for the presidency, is well-known for his sharp accusations against Israel, particularly since 2010 when Israeli commandos killed 10 Turkish citizens on the board of Mavi Marmara vessel carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza under Israeli siege.

Though he welcomed Egypt’s move to broker a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel and expressed his hope for a deal, Erdoğan recalled that a similar cease-fire was also reached in 2012. “It seems that the blood of innocent Palestinian innocent children is once again being used in the dirty politics of the Middle East,” he added.

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1. Erdogan really wants to break the relationship with Israel

No matter what it takes.

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2. He has his own problems, it sounds like he is going full tilt jingo in response.

I've been trying to figure out what he was going to do in the face of the Iraq fandango, ISIL, it's an awkward thing for him.

But yeah, the point here is he has decided to take the Palestinians side, rhetorically at least.