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Sunday, July 30, 2017
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Sunday, July 30, 2017
Tens of thousands protest Israel in Istanbul
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTens of thousands of people gather in Turkey to denounce Israel following widespread clashes over security measures at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Protesters wave Turkish and Palestinian flags on Sunday at the “Great Jerusalem Meeting” in Istanbul called by the Felicity Party. A jingle with the lyric “Hit, hit Zionists” is playing.
The Islamist party’s leader, Temel Karamollaoglu, tells the crowd that Muslims would not give up on Jerusalem.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Friday of trying to take over the Al-Aqsa shrines on the mountaintop considered holy to both Jews and Muslims, under the pretext of fighting terror.
— AP
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