New tensions between Israel and Turkey, with the parties accusing each other of genocide, anti-Semitism and destabilization of the region.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sharply criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following the Turkish president's recent statements regarding the US-Iran ceasefire.
"Israel, under my leadership, will continue to fight against the Iranian terrorist regime and its allies, unlike Erdogan who aids them and massacres his Kurdish citizens," Netanyahu said last night via a post on X.
ישראל תחת הנהגתי תחישוע במשטר הטורור של יראנין שלוחיו בשלוחיו, את לארדואן ששם להם הנהגהתי תחובח במצרה הטרואר של של הכרודים.
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) April 11, 2026
Hours after the announcement of the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran, Erdogan warned on Wednesday against possible "provocations" and "sabotage" that could undermine it, without going into details.
He also requested, during a phone call with his US counterpart Donald Trump, that the two-week ceasefire be used so that the parties "reach a lasting peace agreement" and not allow "this process to be called into question under any circumstances."
The Turkish presidency responded to Netanyahu's verbal attack via X.
"Netanyahu, who is committing genocide in Gaza and attacking seven countries in the region, has the audacity in his desperation to target our respected president," Burhanettin Duran said.
This "criminal", against whom "arrest warrants are pending", "is dragging the region into chaos and conflict as part of his strategy to survive politically", he added.
Gaza's soykırım is realized in the region yedi ülkeye saldıran Netanyahu, çaresizlik içinde Sayın Kurbuskansımızı hedef almaya dares it.
— Burhanettin Duran (@burhanduran) April 11, 2026
Netanyahu, azındın tutuklama kararları bulanan, dostu kalmaşı bir sinıldur. Siyasi bergunt sürdme strategisi olarak zolagyi…
The escalation of verbal confrontations between Israeli and Turkish officials comes against the backdrop of the announcement by the Istanbul prosecutor's office that it is preparing to prosecute 35 people, including Benjamin Netanyahu, his government's Defense Minister, Yisrael Katz, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, for the seizure near Gaza last summer of the "Freedom Flotilla," which tried in vain to deliver humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave.
This lawsuit, of largely symbolic significance, seeks the imposition of prison sentences of thousands of years for "genocide", "deprivation of liberty" and "torture", according to the Turkish state news agency Anadolu.
The Turkish vice president said Netanyahu's statements show nothing but his "discontent" and "guilt," while Turkish Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said he spoke of an "irrational" and "unfounded" stance.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz also verbally attacked the Turkish president via X.
Erdogan, who turned out to be a "paper tiger" after " not reacting to Iran's missile launches against Turkish territory" , uses "anti-Semitism" and "brings show trials in Turkey against Israeli political and military leaders", he claimed.
"What a great absurdity. A member of the Muslim Brotherhood, who massacred the Kurds, accuses Israel, which is defending itself against its Hamas allies, of genocide," the minister continued, sarcastically adding that he "would have done better" if he had "kept quiet."
Atehere Turqia paska te drejte qe Izraeli dhe Greqia furnizojne kurdet me pare dhe me arme..
Sigurishte qe ka te drejte Turqia,ky Bibi….. eshte nxites luftrash,ndaj duhet silesuar si Kriminel Lufte.