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The Turkey-Hamas Nexus | The National Interest

The Turkey-Hamas Nexus

How a NATO member became Hamas' biggest backer.
Jonathan SchanzerDavid Andrew Weinberg

January 16, 2015
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Last week, Israel’s Foreign Ministry praised Qatar for purportedly expelling Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal from Doha. The announcement came shortly after CNN cited reports from a Hamas news agency indicating that Meshaal was to be expelled and was probably headed to Turkey. Within hours, however, CNN changed its story, issuing a correction on Twitter that read “sources close to Hamas—not news agency—say Qatar expelled Khaled Meshaal; Hamas official denies it.”

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