Netanyahu looks again at Turkish-mediation for talks with Syria
DEBKAfile wonders if a new peace initiative – or two, are in the works between Paris, Damascus, Cairo and Jerusalem, as Washington looks on. This month, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu signaled Presidents Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy that he is ready to take a second look at reviving the Ankara-brokered negotiating channel with Damascus, notwithstanding Turkish prime minister Tayyep Recep Erdogan’s offensive attitude toward Israel and the close ties he is building with radical Iran.
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