Erdoğan meets US Jewish associations, stresses cooperation against anti-Semitism, Islamophobia

Erdoğan meets US Jewish associations, stresses cooperation against anti-Semitism, Islamophobia

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 31 March 2016

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Erdoğan meets US Jewish associations, stresses cooperation against anti-Semitism, Islamophobia – Daily Sabah

Jewish delegation at meeting included World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer.

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