Posted on 06/21/2017 5:03:19 PM PDT by Lera
Turkey is spending tens of millions of dollars to gain a foothold inside Israel’s capital city and to stir up tensions between Arab residents and Israelis, a new investigative report claims.
According to the report, set to be published in full by journalist Nadav Shragi this coming Friday in Yisrael Hashavua, since 2004 some $63 million from Turkish NGOs and the Turkish government have gone to organizations in eastern Jerusalem dedicated to “defending and strengthening the Muslim heritage and character of Jerusalem.
Some of the funds have been transferred by the Turkish government through the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA), a government agency led by Dr. Serdar Cam. Cam is a close ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Turkish government has forged ties with radical Islamist elements inside Israel, including the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, led by Hamas-supporter Raed Salah, and former Mufti of Jerusalem, Ekrima Said Sabri, a Holocaust denier who threatened a religious war if the US Embassy in Israel was moved to Jerusalem.
Some of the funds sent from Turkey to eastern Jerusalem via TIKA were used for various building or restoration projects, including excavations in the Old City, refurbishing the old Ottoman Imperial Documents Archive on the Temple Mount, purchasing a new water system for Muslim worshippers on the Temple Mount, restoration of a Muslim cemetery near the eastern wall of the Temple Mount.
But some money originating in Turkey was also used to pay for the transportation of members of radical Islamist groups to the Temple Mount for provocations and attacks against Jews.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
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turkey will rejoin the ottoman empire in the dirt if they mess with God and Israel like all others in time, long gone
Turkey should take a good look at Syria , Iraq and Libya and them jail that Fake President
Yes. for longest dirt nap.
When we start nuking these Muslim cesspools, don’t forget to add Turkey to the list.
Another Iran in the making.
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Jive Turkeys.
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