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Hamas Is Still Operating in Turkey with Turkish Assistance
(Ynet News) Alex Fishman - Despite recent understandings between Israel and Turkey which led to renewed relations, Hamas' military wing is still operating from Istanbul under the protection of the Turkish security organizations. Israel asked Turkey to close Hamas' office in Istanbul. The Turks refused, but clarified that the Hamas office would only deal with political issues. Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas' senior representative in Istanbul, did move to Qatar, but those operating Hamas' branch in Istanbul instead of him are members of the military wing who were released in the Shalit deal. The office in Istanbul keeps trying to build Hamas infrastructure in the West Bank, continues to collect and send money to the West Bank for terror purposes, and is still recruiting among Palestinian students studying in Europe to establish terror cells in the West Bank.