The Turkish Defense Ministry on Tuesday criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent comments about Ankara's hard-line policy toward the Kurds, calling them "slander," local media reported on Tuesday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th December, 2018) The Turkish Defense Ministry on Tuesday criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent comments about Ankara's hard-line policy toward the Kurds, calling them "slander," local media reported on Tuesday.
On Sunday, Netanyahu criticized Turkey's army for "massacring" Kurdish women and children, calling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the "anti-Semitic dictator." The prime minister's comments came a day after Erdogan accused the Israeli prime minister of committing "state terror" against the Palestinian people.
The Turkish Defense Ministry on Tuesday rejected Netanyahu's statement as "baseless and deluded," stressing that those responsible for the killing of Palestinian children could not criticize the Turkish army, according to the Anadolu news agency.
The row between the Turkish and Israeli leaders flared following the recent escalation of tensions on the Israel-Gaza border, which claimed lives of four Palestinians on Friday.�
