Turkish Jews under Surveillance - Erdogan Alleges “Dual Loyalty”
Turkey's Chief Rabbi , Istanbul Governor and Jewish Community Leaders
International Holocaust Day, January 2012
Turkey’s Jews are threatened with accusations of “dual loyalty”, a classic antisemitic canard. The Erdogan regime is trying in absentia Israeli military involved with the Mavi Mamara incident off Gaza. You may recall the tearful visit of Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to a hospital in Gaza City during the rocket attacks against Israel in Operation Pillar of Defense, a demonstration of solidarity with Hamas. The AKP government of PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan is allied with Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Egypt, Qatar and Hamas in Gaza. Turkey’s support of opposition to Syria’s embattled Bashar al Assad is a reflection of Sunni Supremacist objectives for the region. The rise of Islamic antisemitism by the Erdogan regime could end the centuries old comity with Turkey’s remaining 20,000 Jews.
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