Gulen movement behind arrest warrants for Israeli generals, trying to provoke Israel - Turkey Armed conflict?

Gulen movement behind arrest warrants for Israeli generals, trying to provoke Israel - Turkey Armed conflict?HT: AlMonitor.

Just as relations between Turkey and Israel were on a positive course, with negotiations continuing on compensation and natural gas pipelines, where did this outlandish decision come from? It is a futile decision which can never be implemented and makes a mockery of Turkey. 

I immediately contacted figures close to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and President Abdullah Gul to discuss the issue.

Without exception, all the sources I spoke to were amazed by the court’s decision. There was not a single one who found it normal and reasonable. They all said such a decision in a symbolic court case, just as the normalization process was making headway, was noteworthy and asked why now, after four years, when it was clear that it would never be put into practice.

The Jerusalem Post newspaper two weeks ago had reported that Israel has agreed to pay $21 million to the families of the victims.

A source close to the Foreign Ministry told me that if the two countries finalized their agreement, this court decision would be pointless, as the agreement would provide for canceling all court actions. (Paying Diyya cancels all further procedures)When I asked him to assess the decision for Al-Monitor, he said the timing was bizarre.

All sources close to government and the presidency were startled by the court ruling when there was a decision at the top state level to normalize relations with Israel. Then where did it come from?

Was it the Gulen Movement, which still has major influence in the judiciary, that concocted such a decision to halt the Turkey-Israel normalization? My inside sources all say, “Yes.”

Both Gulenists and other anti-Erdogan circles in Turkey will say the negotiations process between Turkey and Israel has collapsed.

The obsession with Erdogan in Turkey has come to such a point that there are even those who have gone bonkers enough to ask for a Turkey-Israel war just to topple Erdogan. Erdogan’s extreme hard-line narratives sustain this polarization.Hmmm.....BS  The IHH who pushed for the Arrest warrants are AKP joined, just trying to blame the Gulen movement for their own desires.
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