Foreign minister urges NATO to expel Turkey after Erdogan threatened to invade Israel
Katz accuses Ankara of joining ‘Iranian axis of evil’ after president said his country must show Israel how strong it is
Israel’s foreign minister urged NATO to expel Turkey on Monday after its President Tayyip Erdogan threatened that his country might enter Israel, as it had entered Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh in the past.
“In light of Turkish President Erdogan’s threats to invade Israel and his dangerous rhetoric, Foreign Minister Israel Katz instructed diplomats… to urgently engage with all NATO members, calling for the condemnation of Turkey and demanding its expulsion from the regional alliance,” the ministry said.
Erdogan, a fierce critic of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, said in a speech on Sunday: “We must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine. Just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya, we might do similar to them.”
He did not spell out what sort of intervention he was suggesting.
“Erdogan is following in the footsteps of Saddam Hussein and threatening to attack Israel. He should remember what happened there and how it ended,” Katz said in a statement later Sunday in response.
