A Turkish terrorist group claiming responsibility for Saturday’s synagogue bombings in Istanbul publicly threatened Jews. In a letter publicized on Turkish television Thursday, the group blamed Jews for poisoning Muslim society and threatened Turkey’s chief rabbi, Isak Haleva, the Jerusalem Post reported.
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