A Turkish synagogue was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti days after holding its first prayer service in 65 years, the Turkish daily newspaper Today�s Zaman reported.

�Terrorist Israel, there is Allah� was painted on the external walls of the Istipol Synagogue, located in the Jewish neighborhood of Balat in Istanbul.

�Writing anti-Israel speech on the wall [outside] of a synagogue is an act of anti-Semitism,� Ivo Molinas, editor-in-chief of Turkish Jewish newspaper ?alom, told Today�s Zaman.

Molinas said that �widespread anti-Semitism� in Turkey �gets in the way of celebrating the richness of cultural diversity in this country.� He added that the Turkish-Jewish community has no connection to Israeli political policy.

(Source: JNS.org)