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TEHRAN, July 24 - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday an Israeli law declaring that only Jews have the right of self-determination legitimizes oppression and shows that Israel is a fascist and racist country where the spirit of Adolf Hitler has re-emerged.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Last week, the Israeli Knesset passed a "nation-state" law, and prompted Turkey to accuse Israel of trying to form "an apartheid state".
Speaking to members of his ruling AK Party in parliament, Erdogan said the law showed Israel was "the most Zionist, fascist and racist country in the world", and called on the international community to mobilize against Israel.
"The Jewish nation-state law passed in the Israeli parliament shows this country's real intentions. It legitimizes all unlawful actions and oppression," Erdogan said.
"There is no difference between Hitler's Aryan race obsession and Israel's mentality.
Hitler's spirit has re-emerged among administrators in Israel," he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by saying that under Erdogan, Turkey was turning into a "dark dictatorship", accusing the Turkish president of "massacring Syrians and Kurds".
Erdogan said Israel had shown itself to be a "terror state" by attacking Palestinians with tanks and artillery, adding that the move would "drown the region and world in blood and suffering".
The law, backed by Israel's right-wing government, passed through parliament after months of political argument.
The European Union's foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini also expressed her concern last week, saying the law would complicate a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Reuters reported.
Turkey and Israel expelled each other's top diplomats in May during a row over clashes in which dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces on the Gaza border.
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