Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statement about ruling Jerusalem, according to unverified reports from Open Source Intel, a social media aggregator. "Erdogan says he will be the ruler of Jerusalem, no sir, you won't," Netanyahu stated, though the specific context and timing of the remark remain unclear.
The exchange follows Erdogan's September 24 UN General Assembly speech attacking Israel, which prompted Defense Minister Israel Katz to call him a "paper sultan" in a post on X. Tensions between Jerusalem and Ankara have escalated in recent months over regional security issues, including Israel's recent intervention to block Turkey's attempted sale of Russian S-400 air-defense systems to the UAE.
