ANKARA: A senior Israeli official on Thursday criticised Turkey for inviting the leader of the Hamas for talks, saying it could damage relations between the two countries. “It is hard to understand why these people went to Turkey,” Raanan Gissin, a spokesman for the Israeli government, told Turkish television, referring to a delegation led by Khaled Meshaal, head of the political bureau of Hamas.
“It is a serious mistake, this visit could have consequences for our links that could be hard to repair,” he said.—AFP
