Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's call Sunday for Israel to be punished by Allah is “unacceptable,” Israeli diplomats said Monday. Diplomats expressed their dissatisfaction with Erdogan's remarks in a meeting with the Turkish ambassador to Israel.
Erdogan said Sunday that Israel was “perpetrating inhuman actions” that will cause “self-destruction” and bring punishment from Allah. Erdogan had made earlier statements opposing the IDF's “Cast Lead” operation in Gaza, but his criticism Sunday was the most severe.