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Netanyahu: Turkey Expelled Hamas Official, But Group's Command Post in Istanbul Still Operative
(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, "There are ongoing talks with Turkey, but there are no understandings" for a reconciliation agreement. Netanyahu said that Turkey has deported Saleh Aruri, a senior Hamas official, but his departure was primarily due to American pressure after the U.S. Treasury Department put Aruri on its blacklist of terrorists. The Istanbul command post Aruri set up to direct Hamas terror cells in the West Bank continues to operate. "We want to ensure that there is no terrorist activity against Israel from Turkey," Netanyahu said.