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Israelis protesting Turkish operation in Syria call Erdoğan 'a murderer'

Some 300 protesters decry Turkish action in northern Syria, demand that Israeli government provide humanitarian aid to Kurdish forces.

by  Neta Bar
Published on  10-15-2019 18:32
Last modified: 10-16-2019 11:54
Israelis protesting Turkish operation in Syria call Erdoğan 'a murderer'Neta Bar

One of the signs carried by protesters calls Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan an assassin | Photo: Neta Bar

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Some 300 protesters gathered outside the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv late Tuesday afternoon to oppose Turkey's incursion into northern Syria.

The protesters, who represented most of the local political spectrum, shouted slogans against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and called on US President Donald Trump to cancel the withdrawal of American troops from Syria.

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Yaya Fink, an IDF reservist major, initiated the demonstration on behalf of the Kurds.

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"The commandment 'Do not stand idly by while your neighbor's life is threatened' [Leviticus 19:16] requires us, as Israelis and Jews, not to be silent when another people is at risk of being wiped out," Fink said.

"The abandonment of the Kurdish people is a moral and strategic wrong, and we are urging the leaders of the western world to take urgent action to ensure the safety of the Kurds and the other minorities who live in northern Syria.

"We also expect the Israeli government to provide the Kurdish forces with humanitarian aid and act on the phrase, 'Peace, peace to the far and to the near.'"

The demonstrators waved Israeli and Kurdish flags and carried placards condemning the Turkish action. After the demonstration outside the Turkish embassy, the activists set out for the US Embassy to continue their protest there.

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