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Erdogan also slammed Germany's support for Israel in the Gaza conflict...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday spoke about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and said "Shooting hospitals or killing children does not exist in the Torah."..
Speaking further at a joint news conference with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, before the two leaders held private talks, Erdogan suggested Germany supported Israel in the Gaza war out of guilt over the Holocaust...
We did not go through the Holocaust process, we don't have such a situation, because our respect for humanity is different," the Turkish president said.. "Look, we can talk freely because we don't owe Israel anything," Erdogan said...
It is to be noted that Germany has seen an uptick in antisemitism and Islamophobia since the conflict began and has faced criticism for making it hard to hold pro-Palestinian protests, which the government fears might be antisemitic...
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