Also on Thursday, Erdoğan hit out at the response to the protests currently taking place on US college campuses.
Erdoğan alleged that “conscientious students and academics, including anti-Zionist Jews” were facing “violence, cruelty, suffering, and even torture” from authorities for opposing Israeli actions. He claimed some were being “sacked and lynched” for supporting the Palestinians.
“The limits of Western democracy are drawn by Israel’s interests,” the Turkish leader added, accusing Western nations of labelling any criticism of Israel as “anti-democratic” and “antisemitic”.
Katz criticised Ankara at the end of April for inviting Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s “political” bureau, to stay in the country.
Tensions between the two countries were also aggravated after a Turkish terrorist carried out an attack in Jerusalem this week.
