Erdogan says Israel’s new nation-state law fascist

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday an Israeli law declaring that only Jews have the right of self-determination legitimizes oppression and shows that Israel is a fascist and racist country where the spirit of Adolf Hitler has reemerged.

Last week, the Israeli Knesset passed a “nation-state” law, which declares Israel to be the Jewish historical homeland and says Jews have the right to self-determination, angering members of the country’s Arab minority and prompting Turkey to accuse Israel of trying to form “an apartheid state.”

Speaking to members of his ruling AK Party in parliament, Erdogan said the law showed Israel was “the most Zionist, fascist and racist country in the world,” and called on the international community to mobilize against Israel.

“The Jewish nation-state law passed in the Israeli parliament shows this country’s real intentions. It legitimizes all unlawful actions and oppression,” Erdogan said.

“There is no difference between Hitler’s Aryan race obsession and Israel’s mentality. Hitler’s spirit has re-emerged among administrators in Israel,” he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by accusing the Turkish president of “massacring Syrians and Kurds.”

Erdogan said Israel had shown itself to be a “terror state” by attacking Palestinians with tanks and artillery.”