PM slams Erdogan's 'dark, libelous' denunciation of Zionism
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who for months has held his tongue in the face of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan@@@s serial anti-Israel bashing, jabbed back Thursday, labeling "dark and libelous" Erdogan@@@s characterization of Zionism as a crime against humanity.Breaking with their practice of not responding to Erdogan@@@s tongue lashings in the hope of not exacerbating ties with Ankara, the Prime Minister@@@s Office issued a statement saying Netanyahu strongly condemned Erdogan@@@s comments and "comparison of Zionism and fascism."Erdogan, speaking Wednesday before a Vienna forum of the Alliance of Civilizations, a UN framework for West-Islam Dialogue, said, "It is necessary that we must consider -- just like Zionism, or anti-Semitism, or fascism -- Islamophopia as a crime against humanity."This is a dark and libelous statement the likes of which we thought had disappeared from the world," Netanyahu said.ByREUTERS06/08/2025 07:57 AMByREUTERS06/08/2025 05:36 AMByMAARIV06/07/2025 02:33 PMByWALLA!06/07/2025 11:18 AMByREUTERS06/07/2025 03:25 AM
