ADL Appalled at Reports that Turkish Deputy P.M. Blamed ‘Jewish Diaspora’ for Fueling Demonstrations
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Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay
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New York, NY, July 2, 2013 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today
urged the prime minister of Turkey and other government leaders to
immediately, strongly and publicly reject disturbing conspiratorial
statements reportedly made by the deputy prime minister who blamed,
among others, the “Jewish diaspora” for instigating and fueling recent
demonstrations in Turkey.
In remarks yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay reportedly
claimed that the foreign media and the “Jewish diaspora” were
responsible for “the conspiracy” that was “trying to block the way of
Great Turkey.” According to news reports, he said, “There are some
circles that are jealous of Turkey’s growth. They are all uniting, on
one side the Jewish diaspora. You saw the foreign media’s attitude
during the Gezi Park incidents; they bought it and started broadcasting
immediately, without doing an evaluation….”
“The anti-Semitic nature of this conspiratorial statement would be
disturbing if uttered by anyone in Turkey,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL
National Director. “It is all the more outrageous and harmful coming
from such a high ranking member of the Turkish government. We share the
concerns expressed by the Turkish Jewish community about the possible
consequences of this rash remark.”
In a letter to Namik Tan, Turkey’s Ambassador to the United States,
the League called on the prime minster and other government officials to
“publicly and vociferously reject Mr. Atalay’s statement” if the
reports about his remarks are accurate.
The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the
world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and
services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
A society's sickness begins with a choice. If that sickness is not arrested in time it will spread; woe is them that spread it; woe is them that accept it; and woe is them that have permanently been infected with the malady of antisemitism.
ReplyDeleteMost do not even know that they carry an anti-Semitic gene, which they do not have to give into, but if they do then blindness is inevitable.
A scapegoat is a false allocation of blame.
The Jew wrote self-critically about himself. The desire for the truth passed on from generation to generation; hence there were kings that corrupted the nation, and kings that reformed the nation and the latter were called good.
If a pagan takes a segment of the biblical text to support his or her prejudice then they will find plenty, but those who have been healed of this dreadful malady will also find plenty of material to rejoice over the restoration of Israel and the restoration of the Jew to his land. They will bless those God has blessed and in this union they are blessed.
Amen Ben.
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