Erdogan ‘taking place the trail of Saddam Hussein’ – Israeli FM — RT World Information
Israeli Overseas Minister Israel Katz has warned that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan might find yourself just like the toppled and executed Iraqi chief Saddam Hussein if he makes an attempt to intervene within the Gaza warfare.
Erdogan traded threats with Israeli officers on Sunday amid the IDF’s operation towards Hamas in Gaza, in addition to the quickly escalating tensions between Israel and the Lebanese-based armed group Hezbollah. Talking at a rally in his hometown of Rize, Erdogan mentioned that Türkiye might “enter” Israel with a purpose to assist the Palestinians.
“We have to be very sturdy in order that Israel can’t do these ridiculous issues to Palestine,” Erdogan mentioned. Up to now he has condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza to these of Nazi Germany – and likened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hilter.
Katz responded with a warning of his personal on X (previously Twitter). “Erdogan goes down the trail of Saddam Hussein and threatens to assault Israel,” he wrote, including that the Turkish chief “ought to simply keep in mind what occurred there and the way that ended.”
Israeli opposition chief Yair Lapid additionally blasted Erdogan, calling him a “hazard to the Center East” and a “wannabe dictator.”
“The world, and particularly NATO members, should strongly condemn his outrageous threats towards Israel and drive him to finish his assist for Hamas,” Lapid wrote on X.
Saddam Hussein was overthrown in the course of the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. He went into hiding, however was finally caught by the US troops, convicted by an Iraqi courtroom of crimes towards humanity, and executed by hanging in 2006.
The US beneath President George W. Bush claimed on the time that the Iraqi chief had connections to Al-Qaeda – a gaggle behind the 9/11 terrorist assaults – and had weapons of mass destruction. Each claims later turned out to be false, however Washington used them as rationale for attacking Iraq, regardless of having did not safe the approval of the UN Safety Council.
