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.
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