Netanyahu shoots at fuming turkish leader

The Israeli government shot back at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's fiery statements regarding the Temple Mount, telling the Turkish leader that the days of the Ottoman Empire are over.

Source: AAP

In a speech to the Turkish parliament Tuesday, Erdogan accused Israel of “using the fight against terrorism as a pretext to take Al-Aqsa mosque from the hands of Muslims.” Israel’s Foreign Ministry called Erdogan’s remarks “absurd, unfounded and distorted.”

Stergos Kastelloriou reports.