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Israel Sees Increasing Convergence of Interests with Turkey
(Hurriyet-Turkey) Emine Kart - "Israelis feel a great affinity to Turkey," Israeli Foreign Ministry director-general Dore Gold told a visiting group of Turkish journalists on Sept. 1, citing the Ottoman Empire's role as a haven for the Jewish people in 1492 during the Spanish Inquisition. Such a bond is still in the "political consciousness" of the Israeli people, he said. Gold sees "a period of greater Iranian expansionism" as a key factor which requires rapprochement of the once close allies. "What we are seeing is an increasing convergence of our interests in the last number of years," and he believes the Iran issue is "another element in convergence of interests." "I think the general direction we are moving is positive," he concluded.