The Turkish president said Recep Tayyip Erdogan Today, Wednesday, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He is no different from Adolf Hitler, comparing the attacks launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip to treatment Nazis For the Jews.
Addressing Netanyahu and his army, Erdogan asked during an event in Ankara, saying, “What is the difference between you and what Hitler did? What Netanyahu is doing is much more terrible than what Hitler did.”
While the Turkish President renewed his criticism of the West’s absolute support for Israel, he pointed to the harassment faced by academics in the West because of their humanitarian stances towards Gaza, adding that Turkey welcomes them.
The Turkish President said that his country’s universities are open to the world’s scholars defending the Gaza Strip, who are facing pressure in their current universities.
He added, “Scientists who acknowledge the existence of injustice in Gaza are today subjected to pressure and threats, just as was the case in Nazi Germany 80 years ago.”
Erdogan said, “Institutions that pay lip service and spend huge sums of money become completely worthless when the talk is about Israel and its injustice.”
It is noteworthy that the President of the American University of Pennsylvania, Liz Magill, announced her resignation this December after days of criticism and pressure following her testimony in a US Congressional hearing about accusations of increasing anti-Semitism on campus.
Former presidents of Harvard University also announced their support for the current president, Claudine Gay, who announced her resignation after being criticized for considering that the pro-Palestine demonstrations fall within the scope of “freedom of thought.”