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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkeys 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.

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the attempted coup at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, July 15, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

Last week, the Israeli Knesset passed a nation-state law, angering members of the countrys Arab minority and prompting 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 countrys real intentions. It legitimizes all unlawful actions and oppression, Erdogan said.

There is no difference between Hitlers Aryan race obsession and Israels mentality. Hitlers 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 Israels right-wing government, passed through parliament after months of political argument.

This is a defining moment in the annals of Zionism and the history of the state of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had told the Knesset.

The European Unions 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.

Turkey and Israel, former allies, expelled each others top diplomats in May during a row over clashes in which dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces on the Gaza border. However, the two sides continue to trade with one another.

The two countries have long been at loggerheads over Israels policy toward the Palestinians and Jerusalems status. Erdogan has called for a summit of Muslim leaders twice in the past six months after U.S. President Donald Trump decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israels capital.

Reporting by Gulsen Solaker and Tuvan Gumrukcu; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Dominic Evans and Angus MacSwan

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