The Israeli prime minister attended Paris solidarity march to support the victims on Sunday was an "abuse for his own political aims," said Ibrahim Kalin, spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In a written statement, he said Netanyahu's harsh words against Erdogan are "a miserable struggle to cover up their crimes in the Gaza Strip in a shameful and hypocritical situation for humanity."
The spokesman blamed Netanyahu for making "a miserable political show in the face of the international community."
Turkey and Israel have been locked in a war of words recently over the Netanyahu's participation of the Paris rally following a wave of terrorist attacks that killed at least 12 people.
The Turkish President said on Monday he could "hardly understand how Netanyahu dared" to attend the Paris march.
Erdogan said Netanyahu should "give an account for the children, women you massacred" and accused him of leading "state terrorism" against the Palestinians.
In response, Netanyahu said that the Turkish president's "shameful remarks must be repudiated by the international community who want to carry on to fight against terrorism."
The Israeli leader made the remarks while meeting with visiting Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo.
"He (Erdogan) said that Israel should not have been represented in the march in Paris, and the reasons he gave were the actions we took to defend ourselves against the thousands of rockets launched at our cities by Hamas terrorists," Netanyahu was quoted in a statement issued by his office Wednesday.
Turkey and Israel used to have close diplomatic ties, which suffered a serious blow in 2010 when Israeli commandos raided a ship trying to breach the maritime blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip. Nine Turkish nationals were killed in the raid.
Turkey expelled the Israeli ambassador and recalled its envoy to Israel over the incident, while the two sides still maintain low-level diplomatic links.
Source:Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
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Erdogan spokesman: Israel aims to cover up 'Gaza crimes'...
ReplyDeleteIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in a "miserable struggle" to cover up the crimes he committed during last summer's Israeli air and land offensives on the Gaza Strip by condemning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to Erdogan's spokesman.
"The Israeli prime minister's call for the condemnation of our president's speech on Jan. 14 and attempting to cover up the crimes he committed in Gaza is a shameful and hypocritical situation for humanity," spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said in a statement released on Thursday.
During Monday's joint press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ankara, Erdogan commented on the Israeli premier's presence at the anti-terrorism rally in France by saying, "I find it very difficult to understand how he dared to go there after killing 2,500 people in Gaza through state terrorism.".................http://www.aa.com.tr/en/headline/450655--erdogan-spokesman-israel-aims-to-cover-up-gaza-crimes
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