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American Jewish Congress President @JackRosen's statement on President #Erdogan of #Turkey’s condolence call on terror attacks in #Israel, issued on 11 April 2023 as Jews and Muslims observed #Passover and #Ramadan2023 amid attempts to create tensions in #Jerusalem. Full text: /1

Amid a clamor to condemn #Israel for taking firm action to keep #Muslim #Christian, and #Jewish holy sites safe and open to worshippers, and in the fog of disinformation that seeks to incite hate leading to terrorism, President Recep Tayyip #Erdoğan of #Turkey has reached out /2

to the Government and people of #Israel and offered condolences on the murder of two British-Israeli sisters and a young Italian lawyer who fell victim to senseless violence and hate. /3

The Turkish president initiated a phone call with President Isaac Herzog and expressed his condolences to the Israeli people for the two terror attacks and shared his concern over the events that transpired at the Temple Mount in #Jerusalem. /4

Later, Lucy Dee, the critically injured mother of the two young women killed in the Jordan Valley attack, succumbed to her injuries. The #AmericanJewishCongress thanks President #Erdogan for demonstrating leadership in a time of crisis and grief /5

and for keeping lines of communication open with the Government and people of #Israel as they dealt with the events that unfolded last week. /6

The readout of the telephone conversation between the presidents of #Turkey and #Israel provides crucial context to understanding what militants tried to achieve by inciting unrest in Jerusalem during #Muslim holy month of #Ramadan and the #Jewish #Passover. /7

President of #Israel informed the #Turkish President that “#Iran, through proxies such as #Hamas, is conducting a multi-front campaign to undermine regional stability” and that this campaign is based on religious incitement and disinformation that manifested itself in.. /8

“biased and false reports in the Arabic-language media,” including “the dissemination of fake and outdated videos to encourage incitement, leading to terrorism.” /9

This account shows how the events of Apr 4, 2023, were distorted and misrepresented, when #Israel police entered #AlAqsa after masked young men barricaded themselves inside with fireworks, clubs, and rocks, and refused to come out peacefully. /10

The militant rioters disrupted peaceful #Muslim worship in #Ramadan in #Jerusalem and likely planned to assault peaceful #Jewish worshippers visiting the mount on #Passover Eve. /11

Pres @RTErdogan wished Pres @Isaac_Herzog & the people of #Israel a happy #Passover. The Israeli Pres responded w/ the greeting “#Ramadan Kareem” & assured Turkish Pres of Israel’s firm commitment to preserving status quo at holy sites, incl Al-Haram Al-Sharif at Temple Mount /12

Before his call with the President of #Israel, President #Erdogan had telephoned his Iranian counterpart, and advised #Iran to “take initiatives to guide all parties to common sense.” /13

For demonstrating leadership in a time of crisis and for standing with the people of #Israel, President @RTErdogan has our gratitude, says @JackRosenNYC, President, #AmericanJewishCongress. /14

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