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Tuesday, May 15, 2018
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Israel expels Turkish consul in Jerusalem in escalating diplomatic tiff
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIn another round of the current tit-for-tat between Israel and Turkey, Israel expels the Turkish consul in Jerusalem, the Israeli Foreign Ministry says.
The consul in Jerusalem, Hüsnü Gürcan Türkoğlu, who represents Ankara to the Palestinians, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry this afternoon, where the head of protocol Meron Ruben asked him to leave the country, ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon says.
— Raphael Ahren
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