Infolive.tv - Israel News - Three U.S. senators told the prime minister of Egypt that only Turkey can convince the Palestinian organization Hamas to join in peace talks with Israel. In response, Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan told John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham that if Hamas was "encouraged" to participate in Palestinian peace talks, then Turkey "would do its best" to convince the organization to sit at the negotiating table. The senators visited Turkish Prime Minister Erodğan on Friday to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Well-placed sources told the Hürriyet Daily News that the senators asked Erdoğan about the Israeli-Palestinian situation and he told them that peace would be nearly impossible without Hamas involved in the talks. They told Erdoğan that with its rising prestige on the Arab street, Turkey could perhaps be the only country that able to bring Hamas to the table.
