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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=194533
Ottoman Imperial Decrees Debunk Erdogan's Claim
(Jerusalem Post) Former Israeli UN ambassador Dore Gold noted on Monday that "Erdogan did not even bother to have his people check the Ottoman records before making such an outlandish comment about Rachel's Tomb never being a Jewish holy site." The Turkish premier's comments constituted "another example of how leaders who view themselves as Israel's adversaries are ready to deliberately distort history in order to advance their narrow political objectives."