Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who he said is committing genocide against Kurds and imprisoning journalists, is the last person who should be preaching morality, Reuters reported. This is after the Turkish president compared the Israeli leader to Adolf Hitler.

“Erdogan, who is committing genocide against the Kurds, who holds the world record for imprisoning journalists who oppose his rule, is the last person who can teach us moral lessons,” Netanyahu replied.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Erdogan’s comments were “deeply offensive” to Jews around the world and to the memory of the millions of Jews who were killed during the Holocaust.

“I strongly condemn and completely reject the words of Turkish President Erdogan. In the entire history of mankind, the Holocaust is unique in its horror and scale, and his words are deeply offensive to every Jew around the world and to the memory of the millions of Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis.” , – wrote the Israeli president, although he is not part of the same political family as Prime Minister Netanyahu.

“The desired ‘Never Again’ remains an imperative for the State of Israel – the nation-state of the Jewish people – which seeks to ensure the safety and security of every Jew. There is no fairer fight than a war against a terrorist organization. Hamas, which brutally killed barbaric Jews, as well as Muslims and people of other religions and nationalities,” said the post of the President of Israel on the X social network, according to News.ro.

Turkey, a NATO member that supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has criticized Israel’s air and ground attacks on Gaza, saying Israel is a “terrorist state” and its leaders should be tried in international courts.

On Wednesday, the Turkish president continued his criticism of Netanyahu.

“They used to speak badly about Hitler. How are you different from Hitler? They will make us miss Hitler. Is that what makes Netanyahu inferior to what Hitler did? It’s not true,” Erdogan said.

“He is richer than Hitler, he gets support from the West. All kinds of support comes from the United States. And what did they do with all this support? They killed more than 20,000 Gazans,” he said.