Former AKP Minister claims Israel cleared Meshaal's 2006 visit to Turkey

A former deputy Prime Minister from Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AKP party is claiming that Israel asked Turkey to invite Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal to travel to Turkey in 2006 so that the Turks could act as a go-between for Israel and Hamas. In 2006, Israel and Turkey still had good relations, although the former minister, Abdüllatif Şener, regards this visit as the beginning of the