Netanyahu to Erdogan: The occupier of northern Cyprus should not preach morality

"Erdogan, who occupies northern Cyprus and his army, slaughters women and children in Kurdish villages inside and outside Turkey should not preach to Israel," the Israeli prime minister said in a Twitter post.

A statement by the Turkish president was that the Jews in Israel "kick people when they lie on the ground," adding that they do not kick only men, "but women and children."

Muslims, Erdogan said, will atand up tp the Jews "if they have the courage to go against us and teach them a lesson."

Earlier this year, Erdogan had said Israel behaved as a "terrorist state" by launching tanks and artillery attacks on Palestinians, arguing that the spirit of Adolf Hitler was being revived by some members of the Israeli leadership.

But even then Netanyahu had risen to the challenge in response to the Turkish president: "Erdogan is not used to being talked back to. He must start getting used to it. He who occupies northern Cyprus and the Kurdish zone and slaughters civilians in Afrin[Syria] can not preach sermons of morality and values. "