As election looms, Netanyahu puts Turkey in Israel's crosshairs

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After more than two years of ordering on Israel's enemies across the Middle East, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a tough re-election fight, is zeroing in on another perceived villain -- Turkey.


On Tuesday, Warplanes bombed a base in northern Syria a short drive from the Turkish border. 


Netanyahu said Turkey was looking to establish a military presence there and that, after after it ignored Israel's warnings: "We made sure they understood it more clearly."

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