The Foreign Ministry did not appoint a new ambassador to Turkey in place of the outgoing official. The act is a belated reprisal for Turkey effectively recalling its ambassador from Israel.
We need to preserve relations with Turkey as well as we can, not engage in petty politics.
In a similar act, Netanyahu barred Fayyad from entering East Jerusalem on official business. Bibi’s idea is to avoid the perception of Palestinian rule in the area. Nonsense. Everyone knows that unless we expel the Arabs they will get jurisdiction over East Jerusalem.
