(Telegraph-UK) Dore Gold - The latest reports that Turkey is now permitting senior Hamas commanders to order attacks against Israel from Istanbul represents a huge setback in the quest of the U.S., the UK, and their Western allies to bring about a more peaceful Middle East. In mid-2014, three Israeli teenagers were abducted by Hamas operatives in the West Bank and subsequently murdered. The mastermind of the attacks was Salah al-Arouri, who issued orders to Hamas from Turkish soil. The main center of Hamas overseas operations cannot be a member of NATO. In recent years, Tehran has been infiltrating Turkey, seeking to convert whole villages in the eastern parts of the country to Shiism - a practice the Iranians followed in Morocco, Sudan and Egypt. The writer is President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
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