Turkey: Jewish cemetery desecrated
Vandals smash eight headstones in Istanbul suburb’s Jewish graveyard.
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“Jackie Angel, a Turkish Jew living in Istanbul said that he did not believe the incident was cause for concern: “There is nothing to panic about. We don’t even know if this was a hate crime yet. Everything here has been quiet for a long while.”
Angel added that even Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose relations with Israel have been growing tenser by the day, wished the Jewish community in his country a happy Passover. “He spoke at length about the holiday and said he wished us peace and quiet here.”“