Turkey appoints pro-Erdogan and pro-Palestinian ambassador to Israel

Turkey has appointed a new ambassador to ‘Israel’ in line with efforts to normalize ties with ‘Israel’ and the incoming administration of US President-elect Joe Biden, sources told Al-Monitor.
The new ambassador, Ufuk Ulutas, is chairman for the Center for Strategic Research at the Turkish Foreign Ministry and a political appointee who studied Hebrew and Middle Eastern politics at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Sources familiar with Ulutas described him as “very polished,” “very clever” and “very pro-Palestinian.”
Let me tell you a joke which is not funny at all: the "deal of the century" #صفقة_القرن #FreePalestine #Kudüs
— Ufuk Ulutaş (@ufukulutas) January 28, 2020
There has been no ambassador since 2018, when Turkey asked the Israeli ambassador to leave over Israel’s attacks against Palestinians in Gaza and Trump administration’s decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.
It’s not even clear whether he will actually go to Tel Aviv, unless ‘Israel’ appoints an ambassador to Ankara, Al-Monitor reported.