Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has blasted Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for supporting South Africa's accusation that Israel in carrying out genocide in Gaza.

Katz, in a January 12 X post, writes: "The President of Turkey @RTErdogan, from a country with the Armenian Genocide in its past, now boasts of targeting Israel with unfounded claims. We remember the Armenians, the Kurds. Your history speaks for itself. Israel stands in defense, not destruction, against your barbarian allies."

The President of Turkey @RTErdogan, from a country with the Armenian Genocide in its past, now boasts of targeting Israel with unfounded claims. We remember the Armenians, the Kurds. Your history speaks for itself. Israel stands in defense, not destruction, against your barbarian… pic.twitter.com/c9g9YLNKRe

— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) January 12, 2024

The case, brought to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by South Africa, includes a litany of alleged Israeli offences, from the indiscriminate killing of Palestinian civilians to the wholesale destruction of Gaza's infrastructure.

Katz conveniently fails to mention that Israel has yet to officially recognize the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

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