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Source: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=177779
Turkey's Support of Hamas Worries PA
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - The Palestinian Authority is concerned about Turkey's increased support for Hamas, a PA official in Ramallah said on Monday. He said the PA leadership was "unhappy" with Turkey's policy toward Hamas, especially with regard to pressure to lift the blockade on Gaza unconditionally. "Turkey's policy is emboldening Hamas and undermining the Palestinian Authority," he said. PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, who visited Istanbul on Monday, was said to have relayed to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan his concern over the rapprochement between Turkey and Hamas.