Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned during the cabinet session that Israel takes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rhetoric against the Jewish State “very seriously” and will draw US attention to it, according to Hebrew media reports confirmed to The Times of Israel by the premier’s office, The Times of Israel reports.

“Hardly a day goes by without Erdogan calling for the destruction of the State of Israel. We take those words very seriously, because if there is one thing we have learned from the history of our people, it is that when someone says they intend to destroy you, you should take them seriously,” the Israeli premier is quoted as saying.

“We will also draw the attention of our American friends to these remarks. We are not ignoring them,” Netanyahu told fellow cabinet members.

Erdogan and other senior Turkish officials have ramped up threats against Jerusalem recently, with Turkey’s interior minister calling earlier this month for the country to “liberate” Jerusalem.

US President Donald Trump, who often praises Erdogan, suggested last week that the latter could have entered the US-Israeli war against Iran in support of Tehran because he doesn’t like Israel.

Trump indicated on the same day that he was preparing a sale of weapons for Turkey ahead of an upcoming NATO summit there, including F-35 stealth fighters and dozens of jet engines—a prospect that has sparked concern in Jerusalem for months.