bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers denounced Erdogan’s threat. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) voiced his concern “about any autocratic anti-Israel rhetoric, most especially by the leader of a country that is a NATO ally,” while Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) referred to the outburst as “outrageous and totally unacceptable.”
At the same time, Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz demanded Turkey’s “expulsion” from NATO
