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‘Erdogan is an enemy of Israel’: Knesset speaker
Turkey-Israel relations have been frayed since Israel’s 2008 conflict against Gaza [AFP]
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “was and will remain” an enemy of Israel, the speaker of the Israeli parliament said on Tuesday. “As long as Erdogan is leading Turkey, the…
Speaker of Israel’s parliament Yuli-Yoel Edelstein reacted the Turkish president’s comments on occupied Jerusalem yesterday by calling him an enemy of the Zionist state.
Yuli-Yoel Edelstein anger was sparked by Erdogan’s comments Monday that Muslims should “increase their visitation” to the al-Aqsa Mosque and fight against the “Judaisation” of Jerusalem.