U.S. Condemns Erdogan Comments on Jewish People as Anti-Semitic
The United States on Tuesday strongly condemned recent comments by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the Jewish people as anti-Semitic, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
“We urge President Erdogan and other Turkish leaders to refrain from incendiary remarks, which could incite further violence,” Price said in a statement.
“Anti-Semitic language has no place anywhere,” he said.
Price did not specify which of Erdogan’s remarks the United States considered anti-Semitic. The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for clarification.
Erdogan, a vocal defender of the Palestinians, has criticized Israel for conducting airstrikes on Gaza and called it a “terror state” after Israeli police fired rubber bullets at rock-throwing Palestinians in Yerushalayim.
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