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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reminded Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the “the terrible slaughter of the Armenian people”.

Netanyahu called on Erdogan to “stop lying” after the Turkish leader accused Israel of occupying Palestinian territories while addressing the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.

"He who doesn't stop lying about Israel, slaughters the Kurds in his own country, and denies the terrible slaughter of the Armenian people – shouldn't preach to Israel. Erogan, stop lying,” the Israeli PM wrote on Twitter.

In his remarks at the UN session, the Turkish president said “today the Palestinian territory under Israeli occupation has become one of the most striking places of injustice.” He held up a map of Israel and Palestine to demonstrate Israel’s changing border from 1947 to today.

Earlier on Monday, Erdogan likened the Jewish state’s Gaza policies to the Nazi treatment of the Jews during a meeting with US Muslim leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, The Times of Israel reported, citing Turkey’s Anadolu Agency.

Erdogan said “we view the Holocaust in the same way we view those besieging Gaza and carrying out massacres in it.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, referring to President Erdogan's remarks:
"He who doesn't stop lying about Israel, slaughters the Kurds in his own country, and denies the terrible slaughter of the Armenian people – shouldn't preach to Israel.
Erogan, stop lying." pic.twitter.com/jtpLpVAscf

— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) September 24, 2019