"ISRAEL: A partial embargo on Turkey by defense, tourists -- and a model
April 25, 2010 | 10:32 am
The previously tight friendship between Israel and Turkey has soured since Israel's assault on Gaza, and occasional flareups of rhetoric on the part of Turkey and diplomatic blunders on Israel's part are making it hard for both sides to salvage the strategic and economic core of the alliance. Recently, it was reported that Turkey's ambassador to Israel, Ahmet Oguz Celikkol, would be replaced after less than a year. When Celikkol was appointed, it was seen an attempt to improve the strained relations, but those efforts didn't survive a diplomatic hazing, for which Israel apologized."
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