A provocative delegation of Turkish university students arrived at the Temple Mount last week and unfurled a sign declaring that "Jerusalem is Islamic," Israel Hayom discovered.
The dozens of students, who came to Israel as part of a trip organized by Istanbul University's Anatolian Youth Association branch, are seen afterward in a picture posted to social media wearing T-shirts that spell out "Jerusalem is the capital of Islam" after they had removed their jackets.
"We are with our Palestinian brothers," the leader of the Turkish student delegation said on social media. "Jerusalem, the center of the world and humanity, belongs to the Muslims, as it has since the first man on a daily basis. Zionist Israel must be defeated in these lands by the unity and solidarity of the [Muslim] nation."
He explained that "the entrance to Al-Aqsa mosque being under the supervision of Israeli soldiers is an unacceptable situation for Muslims. Jerusalem means Islam and Muslims. We will not leave Jerusalem unattended."
"The Turkish passport has become an I.D. that protects instigators from the State of Israel. The reality in which organizations and individuals arrive in Israel disguised as tourists, instigate and provoke in the streets of Jerusalem must end, and the sooner the better."
