Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz tweeted Friday in response to President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's earlier statement that Ankara is preparing documents for a "genocide lawsuit" against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip © Mena Today
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz tweeted Friday in response to President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's earlier statement that Ankara is preparing documents for a "genocide lawsuit" against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
"From a country with the Armenian Genocide in its past, now boasts of targeting Israel with unfounded claims. We remember the Armenians and the Kurds. Your history speaks for itself. Israel stands in defense, not destruction, against your barbarian allies."
Turkey, established in 1923 after the Ottoman Empire collapsed, has always denied there was a systematic campaign to annihilate Armenians.
Turkey is providing documents for a case brought by South Africa against Israel at the U.N.'s top court on a charge of committing genocide against Palestinian civilians, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.
Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, Erdogan said that Turkey would continue to provide documents, mostly visuals, on Israel's attacks on Gaza.
"I believe Israel will be convicted there. We believe in the justice of the International Court of Justice", Erdogan said.
An apparent drone attack - claimed by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia - hit central Tel Aviv in the early hours of Friday, killing one man and slightly wounding four others, the Israeli military and emergency services said.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told his U.S. counterpart that military operations in the Gaza Strip have created conditions that would enable a hostage deal to be reached, Gallant's office said on Wednesday.
A meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the Middle East was briefly interrupted on Wednesday when two protesters stood with signs and yelled for the release of Israeli hostages held by Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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