TURKISH PRIME MINISTER WANTS ISRAEL HAULED BEFORE INTERNATIONA COURT FOR WAR CRIMES

Hate-mongering Prime Minister Erdogan says Israel “is surpassing Hitler in barbarism” with its attacks on Gaza

The Israel-hating Turkish Prime Minister completely disregards the fact that Israel is defending itself against relentless rocket attacks by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and that Hamas is using the women and children of Gaza as human shields. If anyone should be hauled before the International Court for war crimes, it should be Hamas.

When Erdogan makes the outrageous statement that Israel “is surpassing Hitler in barbarism,” he is spewing forth a load of hate-mongering venom.

'ISRAEL IS SPITTING DEATH, SPITTING BLOOD'
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan says Israel should face trial over Gaza assault

Mail Online
July 24, 2014

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan today said his country would push for Israel to be tried at an international criminal court if it kept up its assault on Gaza.

Turkey, a member of the U.S.-led NATO military alliance, was once Israel's closest regional ally, but has recently become one of its most vitriolic critics.

'At the moment, Hamas is prepared for everything in order to achieve a ceasefire... (Palestinian President Mahmoud) Abbas is prepared too,' Erdogan told CNN news channel in an interview.

'Israel is not even approaching such a thing and is spitting death, spitting blood.'

Mr Erdogan's comments come just days after he accused Israel of 'surpassing Hitler in barbarism' with its Gaza offensive.

'If Israel continues with this attitude, it will definitely be tried at international courts,' Erdogan, who is campaigning for a presidential election on August 10, told a rally of supporters in the southern port city of Mersin.

'We will see this happen and Turkey will struggle for this,' he told the cheering crowd.

Today, Mr Erdogan stood by his comments likening Israel's actions to those of Hitler and said the Jewish state was committing genocide.

'It is beyond comprehension that Israel is still defended by the West and the world is silent about it. Therefore we cannot remain silent and we will not be silent,' he said.

The politician's rhetoric will likely play well with his electoral base of largely conservative Sunni Muslim voters, who he hopes will hand him victory in next month's poll, the first time Turkey's president will have been elected by a popular vote and not by parliament.