A month after signaling readiness to mend fences with Israel after a years-long disconnect, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Erdogan hosts a delegation of US Jewish leaders at his official Ankara residence.
Members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations are present at the meeting with Turkey’s president, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and other senior officials, according to a Channel 2 report.
The meeting is the first between Jewish leaders and senior Turkish officials since 2009, when Erdogan angrily denounced Israel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the report says.
Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents, traveled to Turkey for the meeting directly from Israel, according to the report, which notes that he is considered an ally of Prime Minister Netanyahu.
— Tamar Pileggi
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