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Israel Ambassador Will Not Return to Ankara While Erdogan in Power - Foreign Minister

© AP Photo / Markus SchreiberIsraeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen  - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.12.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Israeli ambassador will not return to Ankara while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan remains in power in the country, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Erdogan criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, comparing him once again to Adolf Hitler. Netanyahu, in turn, said that Erdogan "staged the genocide of the Kurds and holds the record for the number of detained journalists opposing his regime, is the last one who can lecture us."
"While Erdogan is in power in Turkey, our ambassador will not return to Ankara," Cohen said on X (former Twitter).
The tensions between the two countries started growing exponentially once Israel launched its full-fledged ground operation in the Gaza Strip. The hostilities resulted in thousands of casualties among the civil Palestinian population.
This photo combination, created on April 1, 2018, features two separate file photos. The first one is from November 19, 2017, showing Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) attending a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. The second photo, taken on December 15, 2017, captures Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the inauguration ceremony of Turkey's first automated urban metro line on the Asian side of Istanbul. - Sputnik International, 1920, 27.12.2023
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