Erdogan: Israel is a 'Zionist terrorist organisation'

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan today called Israel a “Zionist terrorist organisation” over its attacks on Gaza and Lebanon, and repeated his criticism of Western powers, namely the United States, over the support given to Israel, Reuters reports. Speaking to lawmakers from his ruling AK Party in parliament, Erdogan also said the cross-border fire between Israel and Iran in recent days had heightened the risk of a regional conflict. Erdogan has been critical of israel’s policy in Gaza since the start of the genocidal war in OCtober last year. Addressing the UN general Assembly last month, Erdogan drew parallels between the actions of Israel in Gaza and Lebanon, and the Nazi Third Reich. “Just as Hitler was stopped by an alliance […]