(Times of Israel) Raphael Ahren - Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan accused Israel of "barbarism that surpasses Hitler" during a campaign speech Saturday. The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a travel warning to Israeli citizens against nonessential travel to Turkey, "given the public atmosphere in Turkey." Demonstrators threw stones at the Israeli Embassy in Ankara, while crowds in Istanbul, waving Palestinian flags, hurled stones and smashed the windows of the Israeli consulate. Many of the ruling AK Party MPs were in the crowd.
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