Malcolm Hoenlein

ISIL, PKK make Israel-Turkey ties 'urgent'

Malcolm Hoenlein, the vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and considered to be a close associate of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has told daily Hürriyet that the problems caused by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have created an "urgency and responsibility" to mend ties