A day after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that Israel was behind the coup that ousted Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi, Chairman of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee and former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman responded, saying that he is the successor to Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.

"I believe many of you have heard Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's verbal assault on the State of Israel. Everyone who hears the hateful words and incitement understands beyond a doubt that he follows in the footsteps of Goebbels," Lieberman said during a tour of the southern city of Arad, referencing the Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels.

"Today," Lieberman said, "I urge all those who attacked me and Yisrael Beytenu for our resolute objection to apologizing before the Turks for the Marmara events, to reach conclusions and do some soul searching."