Early last week several media reports and sources saud that the government of Qatar ordered the leaders of Hamas to leave the country, following pressure from Washington, kicking off speculation over where Hamas leadership would go. A fresh Israeli media report alleged that Turkey is now hosting them. “Senior members of Hamas’s abroad leadership left Qatar last week for Turkey, an Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel on Sunday, after Doha said it was walking away from efforts to mediate an end to the war in Gaza,” the report said. “The Arab diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, downplayed the significance of the move for the terror group, stressing that Hamas’s leadership abroad already spends much of its time in Turkey when they are not holding meetings in Qatar,” the report continued. If accurate it would shine a spotlight on NATO member Turkey and its dealings with a group designated by the US and Europe, and many countries internationally, as a terrorist organization. But this is a charge which Turkey is vehemently denying on Monday, per Reuters: A Turkish diplomatic source dismissed on Monday reports that Hamas had moved its political office to Turkey from Qatar, adding that […]