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| Turkey threatens to recall Israel envoy over row |
| 2010-01-14 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Turkey said on Wednesday its ambassador to Israel would be recalled if a row over his treatment was not resolved by Wednesday night, in an apparent rebuff of an apology by Tel Aviv that has chilled relations. Israel apologized to Turkey on Wednesday for what it called a breach of diplomatic manners that had further cooled what was once an unusually warm relationship between the Jewish state and a Muslim regional power. After Ankara demanded an apology for his televised dressing down of Turkey's ambassador on Monday, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon issued a statement conceding that his behavior toward Oguz Celikkol had been inappropriate. While Ayalon stopped short of using the word, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the statement as an "apology" and said he was glad that it had been made. But Turkey's President Abdullah Gul, who is scheduled to host Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday, appeared not to see it that way. "If the problem is not resolved by tonight the ambassador will come to Turkey for consultations," he told reporters during a reception on Wednesday. It was not clear what Gul meant by "resolving the problem." Celikkol was due in Ankara on Thursday to prepare Barak's visit. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I have never seen an Israeli be so stupid like that cretin. Gratuitous posturing and boasting seems a deasease a bit comon,i remember 2006 war with Lebanon there was silly threats and boasting by GHQ that everyone knows IDF couldn't fullfill. |
| Posted by: Glush Wittlesbach8127 2010-01-14 18:21 |
| #1 Ayalon is an idiot. For a couple of grams of self-aggrandizement, he got 72M Turks p*ssed off at his country and that, Abi's and Abla's, is not a smart place to be.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2010-01-14 08:24 |