Turkey continued its recent push against Israel and toward Russia and Iran when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered another antisemitic speech, during which he compared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fascist leaders. In the speech, Erdogan compared Netanyahu to historical fascist leaders, stating that “Netanyahu earned his place alongside Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin.”

It is blatant antisemitism to compare the elected leader of Israel with a man that killed 6 million Jews.

The Turkish President also refused to condemn Hamas’s actions on October 7 and even stood by the terrorist group in his rhetoric. Erdogan accused Israel of acting as “the Nazis of our time while committing humanitarian crimes in Gaza.” He refused to call Hamas a terrorist organization: “We cannot be coerced into designating Hamas as a terrorist organization. We communicate with them openly and stand behind them.” 

In response, Netanyahu said, “Israel observes the laws of war and will not be subject to moral preaching from Erdogan, who supports murderers and rapists of the Hamas terrorist organization, denies the Armenian genocide, massacres Kurds in his own country, and cracks down on regime opponents and journalists.” National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz weighed in on this exchange, criticizing Erdogan for his support of Hamas. “Erdogan standing with Hamas makes him a supporter of crimes against humanity, and comparing the Prime Minister of Israel to dictators is the height of hypocrisy,” Gantz stated in a post to X. “The fact that Erdogan believes that Hamas is not a terrorist organization explains his conduct towards his own citizens. Israel will continue to adhere to international law even in a war against those who have proven to have no humanity.”

In another statement supporting Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said that “The murders and sex crimes of Hamas against Jews and the State of Israel makes it one of the greatest acts of oppression and antisemitism in history, and Turkey as the biggest supporter of terrorism in the world right after Iran. What a disgrace to the republic founded by the father of modern Turkey, Kemal Ataturk.”

This is not the first time since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war that Erdogan has attacked Israel. “Netanyahu has gone down in history as the butcher of Gaza, and we are preparing to prosecute him,” Erdogan has previously stated. In another instance, the Turkish leader accused “Israel and other parties as being behind the terrorist organizations in northern Syria and Iraq. Israel would not have lasted three days without the support of Western countries. We are making preparations to declare Israel a war criminal in front of the world.” It is ironic that Erdogan attacks the “support of the west” for Israel when Turkey is an active member of NATO, made up of Western European nations and the United States. It shows just how far Turkey has moved under Erdogan to even make this statement. He is clearly attempting to move Turkey away from its NATO allies and into stronger ties with both Iran and Russia.

Biblical Connection: It is no surprise to followers of Bible prophecy to see Turkey becoming an enemy of Israel. They also have continued to build ties with both Iran and Russia over the last several years, despite being an active member of NATO. Ezekiel speaks of a future invasion of Israel where Iran, Turkey and possible Russia, along with others, will attempt to invade the nation but will be stopped by divine intervention. It is definitely a possibility that the events of our day could be leading up and setting the stage for this future event.

PRAY: Pray the enemies of Israel will not make any headway and will halt their commitment to evil and terrorism