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| The Grand Turk |
| Israeli diplomats in Turkey work from home amid jitters over Jerusalem |
| 2017-07-25 |
| [IsraelTimes] Decision reportedly made before Sunday’s Amman embassy stabbing; Istanbul has seen a number of recent anti-Israel protests. An unnamed diplomatic source told the Walla news site that the decision to order officials at the embassy in Ankara and the consulate in Istanbul to work from home was made prior to an attack Sunday at the Israeli Embassy in Jordan, during which an Israeli security guard rubbed out two Jordanians after being attacked by one of them with a screwdriver, leading to a diplomatic standoff between the two countries. ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has been one of most vocal critics of the metal detectors, with a government front man saying last week that placing them was a "crime against humanity." President Recep Tayip Erdogan condemned the new security measures and denounced the "excessive use of force" by Israeli security forces during violent festivities with demonstrators in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Ties between Israel and Turkey, former close allies, deteriorated sharply a few years into the rise of Erdogan’s Islamic-focused movement to power in 2003, and ruptured following the May 2010 IDF raid on a Despite steps toward a detente in recent years, the relationship remains chilly. |
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