Netanyahu: Erdogan calling for Israel’s destruction is taken ‘very seriously,’ we will alert US to remarks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned during today’s cabinet session that Israel takes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rhetoric against the Jewish State “very seriously” and will draw US attention to it, according to Hebrew media reports confirmed to The Times of Israel by the premier’s office.

“Hardly a day goes by without Erdogan calling for the destruction of the State of Israel. We take those words very seriously, because if there is one thing we have learned from the history of our people, it is that when someone says they intend to destroy you, you should take them seriously,” the premier is quoted as saying.

“We will also draw the attention of our American friends to these remarks. We are not ignoring them,” he tells fellow cabinet members.