# Turkey accuses Netanyahu of ‘genocide’; Israeli PM calls Erdogan an ‘antisemitic dictator’

https://mins.news/en/item/29201

- France 24, 2026-08-22 10:38 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/turkey-accuses-netanyahu-of-genocide-israeli-pm-calls-erdogan-antisemitic-dictator

> Turkey and Israel exchanged insults on Friday after Ankara said it had sought an international arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Turkey accused him of “genocide” connected to the interception of an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, while Israel’s prime minister called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan an “antisemitic dictator.”

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