Turkish President Erdoğan described Israel as a "terrorist state" Sunday and vowed to use "all means to fight" against the US recognition of Jerusalem as the country's capital.
In a speech Sunday in central Turkey, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "Israel is a terror state." He called Israeli forces "terrorists," referring to a photograph of a blindfolded Palestinian youth being led away by more than a dozen soldiers in the West Bank.
"Palestine is an innocent victim... As for Israel, it is a terrorist state, yes, terrorist!" Erdoğan said in a speech in the central city of Sivas. "We will not abandon Jerusalem to the mercy of a state that kills children."
Erdoğan said Turkey would continue its diplomatic efforts to reverse President Donald Trump's announcement, which he calls "null."
