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The Israel Security Agency (ISA) and Israel Police, last month, arrested two
men who are suspected of having been recruited for Hamas activity, the origin
of which was in Turkey.
During the investigation, it was learned that the two had been recruited in
Turkey by senior Hamas terrorist Zaher Jabarin, who was released in the
Shalit deal. He is responsible for Hamas' budget and promotes ramified
terrorist operations in Judea and Samaria on instruction from Salah Aruri, who
serves as the deputy chairman of the organization and head of its operations
in the West Bank.
During the investigation,iIt became clear that Hamas is in direct contact with
Turkish authorities via Jihad Yarmur, a terrorist who was involved in the
abduction of IDF soldier Nahshon Waxman and was released in the Shalit
deal.
The investigation showed that, in 2012, Tekeli was asked to help Hamas
terrorists who had gone to Turkey become personally and economically
established. Most of the terrorists in question had been released in the Shalit
deal and were involved in attacks that claimed Israeli lives. Tekeli assisted
them in obtaining visas that allowed them to stay in Turkey, in purchasing and
renting commercial and residential properties, in purchasing luxury vehicles
and in becoming established in business via the registration of companies in
their names.
The investigation revealed that Dargham's activities were carried out at the
behest of Zaher Jabarin and his chief aide Salameh Mer'ei, whom Tekeli had
helped establish in Turkey. Salameh Mari was also released in the Shalit deal
and had been involved in a March 1993 terrorist attack near Burkin in which
an IDF soldier was murdered.
Cemil Tekeli was deported from Israel upon the conclusion of his
investigation. Dargham Jabarin is due to go on trial in the coming days.
The findings of the investigation underscore the fact that Hamas' ramified
economic and military activity in Turkey takes place unhindered as Turkish
officials turn a blind eye and – on occasion – encourage it, and with the
assistance of Turkish nationals, some of whom are close to the government.
This activity relies on – inter alia – business platforms that serve Hamas in
laundering funds that are transferred to Judea and Samaria and used in
recruiting Israelis to its ranks.