Netanyahu Admits To Genocide (Accidentally)

Israel's Netanyahu and Turkey's Erdogan have engaged in a vicious war of words, each accusing the other of mass murder. They're both right about each other - they just don't have a moral leg to stand on. But this spat had an unfortunate consequence for Netanyahu - he just accidentally confessed to genocide.

[xwsftassell]

History is complex. Geopolitics is complex. Genocide is not complex. Genocide is genocide. It's not a left wing/right wing thing. It's a crime against humanity.

[terrancecharles]

Netanyahu need to be charged for war crimes..

[PerceivedREALITY]

Independent journalists with journalistic integrity are the heroes of our time.

[amerjod]

You can't compare the Turkish government to the Israeli government. There is a huge difference.

[siraji]

You can't compare Erdoğan to Netanyahu

[asdf-srny]

Kurds in Turkey have their own political party, their own state-funded TV channel, voting rights, freedom of movement, they are free to speak their language and learn it etc... Comparing Turkey to Israel is disingenuous at worst and plain stupid at best. Turks didn't randomly pop up in the last century. They have settled in and lived with the Kurdish people for centuries, even before settling in Anatolia. They might not be the majority in southeast, but it is their land too.
In addition, Turkey got nowhere near the support Israel got. It is just incomparable. Israel's defense industry is essentially and offshoot of American defense industry. In comparison, western countries with more developed defense industries do their best to hinder Turkish attempts at increased self-reliance at every opportunity. Israel on the other hand has nearly unrestricted access to American technology and technical know-how. It is incredibly disingenuous to say they are the same. I don't like Erdogan, but you're just deluding yourself if you actually believe that the modern Turkish Republic is the same as Israel, a genocidal rogue state with access to Nuclear weapons.

[tshawtshi]

Turkey has blood on it's hands no argument. It's worth to note that the Kurds in Turkey have Turkish citizenship i.e. under the law they have equal right and the right to vote. What does the Palestinians have?

[yongelbang]

Love that Israel's defense against charges of genocide is now literally just "You can't criticize us because you do it too!"

[sialkot]

Erdogan is no Netanyahu. Let’s not confuse the world with this argument.

[myrouhani]

Not to defend Erdoğan but saying he is just like Netenyahu is disingenuous at best.

[josephbelisle]

There is no excuse for this from anyone. It just cannot be allowed to happen. It is a deep shame on America for supporting a brutal killer like Netanyahu.

[TheBezaleel]

'The Butcher of Gaza' Nethanyahu continues with his genocidal 'blitzkrieg' to achieve his 'final solution'. Sound familiar ???

[jetterbenne]

sorry but you cannot compare the two. Kurds have freedom of movement, same rights as any other citizens in Turkey. the Turkish foreign minister is of Kurdish decent. There are about 4 million Kurds in Istanbul alone. Turkey does not fight Kurds. It fights the PKK. Palestinians do not have freedom of movement nor same right's Israel is a racist apartheid state.

[mrok]

Turkey's war is against the partitioning of Turkey. Its not against Kurds. Many religious Kurds vote for Erdogan and Kurds are some of the most successful singers, politicians, and businessman. Netenyahu is gaslighting as he normally does. Anyone who's been to Turkey including the eastern parts can discern fact from fiction.

[Alrukitaf]

The difference is that Turkiye didn’t kick out the separatists from their land and takeover. The fight between Israelis and Palestinians was instigated by the Israelis, taking Palestinian land by evictions, imprisonment and murder.

[stalinsalazar]

The Kurds in Turkeyei seems to disagree with your view on Erdogan

[PerceivedREALITY]

Saying netanyahu is not a war criminal is like saying biden can run up the stairs without stumbling.

[OOTrutherOO]

There is no Kurdish problem in Turkey.I am a Kurd born and raised in Turkey also served in the military without anybody asking or questio😂ning my ancestry, its all a lie to sow discord in Turkey, like they did in Iraq and Syria.

[halfpakichick]

I love and support you Owen, but have to disagree with you on this one. How could you compare such differing conflicts and undermine the Palestinian cause like this? Kurds have all the same rights as Turks, almost every household has a Kurdish son/daughter in law, we see each there as one nation. Do not ever compare these two

[hk]

As a Kurt we love Erdogan. Please read and educate your self.