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Turkish Jews deny reports that synagogue was vandalized
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel News, Turkey 

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The Jewish community in Turkey is denying a report that a synagogue in the northwestern part of the country was set ablaze by vandals.
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"The reports published in foreign media organs saying that a synagogue in the northwestern part of Turkey was set ablaze are not correct," the Turkish Jewish community said in a written statement delivered to the Turkish Hurriyet Web site on Monday.

Earlier Monday, sources within the Turkish Jewish community said vandals set a synagogue in northwest Turkey ablaze on Sunday.

No one was apparently wounded in the attack, which took place in the city of Bursa. The extent of property damage has yet to be fully assessed.

The incident came amid a rift between Israel and Turkey that was sparked by fierce Turkish censure of Israel's offensive against Hamas in Gaza.


The synagogue is not currently in use for daily prayer, since it was shut after the city's Jewish community shrank over the past few decades.

Sunday's attack was the first such incident to take place in Turkey following Israel's campaign in Gaza, which ended about two weeks ago.

The operation triggered a spate of anti-Semitic attacks across the world, most recently the vandalizing of a synagogue in Venezuela's capital late on Friday night.

Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, meanwhile, on Sunday warned the cabinet against deepening the schism with Turkey, a key ally of Israel.

"[I'm] very concerned by the behavior in public on the subject of Turkey," Olmert said. "Our relations with Turkey are important, and I recommend that we don't intensify our statements on the subject."

But Olmert added, despite his warning, that Turkey was "not exempt from domestic considerations... being a Muslim state on the eve of elections."


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      2.   The Extreme Isamic Challenge & "Vandals"..? 08:49  |  Stephen. 02/02/09
      3.   To be expected. 09:04  |  Ezra 02/02/09
      4.   Bring Venezuelan and Turkish Jews to Israel 09:27  |  Eldar 02/02/09
      5.   The Gaza war has let the ghost out of the bottle..... 09:32  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/02/09
      6.   Turkish synagogue ablaze 09:47  |  Anthony David Marks 02/02/09
      7.   I`m waiting for Turks to demonstrate in support of Turkish Jews 09:48  |  Zvi 02/02/09
      8.   answer to which city 09:56  |  yosi 02/02/09
      9.   to #7 about support 12:25  |  yosi 02/02/09
      10.   Turkey synagogue ablaze 12:47  |  ozgur 02/02/09
      11.   Swiss Dino - stop justifying anti-Semitic acts 13:02  |  ChanahS 02/02/09
      12.   number 7--don`t hold your breath 13:07  |  bob 02/02/09
      13.   Information denied by Chief Rabbinate of Turkey 13:10  |  Danny 02/02/09
      14.   Bring Venezuelan and Turkish Jews to Israel: No 13:10  |  LoyalFriend 02/02/09
      15.   I`m waiting for Turks to demonstrate in support of Turkish Jews: 13:12  |  LoyalFriend 02/02/09
      16.   False (or Distorted) Info 13:17  |  Fatih 02/02/09
      17.   correction 14:19  |  Muhammet Irmak 02/02/09
      18.   The Writing Is on the Wall 14:21  |  ott 02/02/09
      19.   Synagogue is not burnt. 14:29  |  ali 02/02/09
      20.   Hopefully not true 14:39  |  ChanahS 02/02/09
      21.   Sadly Nothing New 21:52  |  Baruch Gold 02/02/09
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      23.   They have got my hand. ( to 7. ) 03:58  |  idil 03/02/09
      24.   Some Papers like to provokate 04:02  |  Castroman 03/02/09
      25.   Antisemitism 09:21  |  Not important 03/02/09
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