Chairman of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee and
former foreign minister, MK Avigdor Lieberman slammed Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who claimed that Israel was behind the military coup in
Egypt.
“I believe many of you have heard Turkish Prime Minister
Erdogan's verbal assault on the State of Israel. Everyone who hears the hateful
words and incitement understand beyond a doubt that he follows in the footsteps
of Goebbels," Lieberman said during a tour of the southern city of Arad,
referencing the Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels.
The Yisrael Beiteinu chairman added that "his exploits
are along the lines of the Dreyfus Affair and the Elders of Zion. To all those
who attacked me and Yisrael Beiteinu after we refused to accept the Turkish
apology, I recommend that they take the time for some soul searching."
Recep Tayyip Erdogan told members of his party during a
meeting in Ankara on Tuesday: "Israel is behind the coup in Egypt, we have
evidence."
The Turkish prime minister cited a conversation he had with
a "French Jewish intellectual" – probably Bernard-Henri Levy – who
predicted that the Muslim Brotherhood would not be permitted to rule even if it
won an election "because democracy is not the ballot box."
The United States was quick to condemn the comment: "We
strongly condemn the statements that were made by Prime Minister Erdogan today
(Tuesday). Suggesting that Israel is somehow responsible for recent events in
Egypt is offensive, unsubstantiated, and wrong," White House spokesman
Josh Earnest told reporters in a briefing.
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