Erdogan calls Israel "fascist, racist" for the law of the nation-state

ISTANBUL – The Turkish president criticized Israel for a controversial law pbaded last week in parliament defining Israel as a nation-state of the Jewish people.

Speaking to lawmakers in Ankara on Tuesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Israel "the world"

He said that "Hitler's soul is resurrected among some officials." Israel "and that" there is no difference between Hitler's obsession for a pure race and the understanding that these ancient lands are just for the Jews. "

Erdogan warned the movement would drive the region and the world to "blood, fire and pain" and promised to stand with the Palestinians. He also called on the international community to oppose Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted in response that Turkey has become a "dark dictatorship" under Erdogan.