<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Israel warns of &#8220;diplomatic mistake&#8221; if Turkey&#8217;s Erdogan visits&nbsp;Gaza]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Sept 6, 2011 | MEMO</p>
<div class="img_caption_news-left null" style="width:250px;"><img class="caption_news-left" style="border:0 none;" title="There has been media speculation about Mr Erdogan's intention to make an official visit to the Gaza Strip." src="https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/images/article_images/news/middle-east/recep-tayyip-erdogan-approved-visit-gaza.jpg" alt="Israel warns of &quot;diplomatic mistake&quot; if Turkey's Erdogan visits Gaza" width="250" height="158" border="0" />There has been media speculation about Mr Erdogan&#8217;s intention to make an official visit to the Gaza Strip.</p>
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<p>A senior Israeli official has warned that it would be a &#8220;diplomatic mistake&#8221; for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit the Gaza Strip. Reports in the Jerusalem Post quoted an Israeli official who said that Erdogan would damage Turkey&#8217;s relations with the United States by visiting Gaza. Mr. Erdogan is due to visit Cairo and has hinted that he may go to Gaza straight from Egypt.</p>
<p>According to the media reports, a visit by the Prime Minister to Gaza, and meetings with officials from Ismail Haniyeh&#8217;s cabinet in Gaza &#8220;would also weaken Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. A trip to Hamas-controlled Gaza would, it is assumed, pose a threat to Mr. Abbas&#8217;s legitimacy as the representative of the Palestinians.</p>
<p>Since Ankara cut its diplomatic and military relations with Israel, there has been media speculation about Mr Erdogan&#8217;s intention to make an official visit to the Gaza Strip, although the visit has not been confirmed officially.</p>
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