Turkey-Israel twitter wars. Erdogan hits the ball back hard into Netanyahu's court. For now 1-1. pic.twitter.com/07QcPNXW40
— Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן (@Istanbultelaviv) May 15, 2018
But only on Twitter, it seems…
Turkey has asked Israeli Ambassador to Ankara Eitan Naeh to “temporarily leave the country” in reaction to the killing of scores of Palestinian protestors by Israeli security forces, while the Turkish envoy to Tel Aviv has arrived in Ankara after being called back for consultations.
Thousands all around Turkey launched demonstrations in protest of the killing of more than 60 Palestinians by Israeli security forces on May 14.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry told the Israeli Consulate General in Istanbul to return to Israel “for some time” on May 16, after Israeli forces killed more than 60 Palestinians during protests on the Gaza border.
Turkey will never accept the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on May 15
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 15 accused Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of having the “blood of Palestinians on his hands” following indiscriminate killings by Israeli forces in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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