Turkish Desak Expelled From NATO In The Aftermath Of President Erdogan's Statement, Israeli Foreign Minister: Members Of The Crime Axis

Israeli Foreign Minister Katz. (Wikimedia Commons/ big guy

JAKARTA - Israel's foreign minister urged Turkey to be expelled from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey might enter Israel, just as the country had entered Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh in the past.

"Given the threat of Turkish President Erdogan to attack Israel and its dangerous rhetoric, Israel's Foreign Minister Katz instructed diplomats to immediately engage with all NATO members, called for a curse on Turkey and demanded its expulsion from the regional alliance," the Israeli Foreign Ministry said., reported Reuters July 30.

"Erdogan followed Saddam Hussein's footsteps and threatened to attack Israel. He must remember what happened there and how it ended," Foreign Minister Katz said in the statement.

"Turkey, which hosts Hamas headquarters responsible for the terrorist attack on Israel, has become a member of Iran's evil axis, along with Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthi in Yemen," he said.

As previously reported, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Turkey did not rule out entering Israel to help Palestine, saying there was no reason to say it could not be done.

He later said it was the same as what was done in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh, although no intervention was explained what it meant.

"We have to be so strong that Israel can't do ridiculous things to Palestine. Just as we enter Karabakh, just as we enter Libya, we will probably do the same to them," President Erdogan said in a meeting with the ruling AK Party in his hometown, Rize.

After that, Israeli Foreign Minister Katz responded to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 'threat' to enter Israel to help Palestine, comparing it with former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

It is known that relations between Israel and Turkey, which used to be close allies in the region, have deteriorated for more than a decade.

Despite facing many diplomatic storms, bilateral trade between the two countries reached billions of dollars a year. However, Turkey this month said it would stop all bilateral trade with Israel until the war ended and aid could flow without a hitch to Gaza.