A new Turkish smartphone app is inciting against Jews and Israel, accusing them of wanting to "occupy" the Temple Mount and rebuild the Temple. The app is also operating a crowd-funding campaign to underwrite anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist propaganda in the guise of Islamic charity work.
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The app, titled "The Guide to Al-Aqsa Mosque," was developed by a local entrepreneur and offers travel packages to Israel that include guided tours of the Temple Mount compound, the Temple mount mosques, and sites in Jerusalem holy to the three major monotheistic religions. One of these sites is the Western Wall, to which the app refers as "Al Buraq."
Meanwhile, recent reports indicate that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is interested in thawing the tense relations between Ankara and Jerusalem and has even made unusually conciliatory remarks toward Israel, which echoes throughout the world.
Nadav Segal of the Arab Desk in the Zionist watchdog Im Tirzu and his colleagues investigated the app and said that "The Israeli government should take stringent action to stop Turkish involvement in Jerusalem."
"Turkish actors are working tirelessly to incite, foment, and light up Jerusalem. The Turks continue to spread anti-Semitic lies about Israel and the Jewish people. It's time for the involvement of Turkish entities in events in Jerusalem to come to an end," Segal said.
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