ISRAEL-TURKEY TENSIONS GROW

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
23.11.2009 14:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Recently, World Youth Chess Championship was held in
Turkey. An Israeli girl became Under 14 Girls tournament winner. Yet,
Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem was not played at the award
ceremony. Head of Israel’s Chess Association has already filed an
official protest to World Chess Association.

The tournament organizers decided that only hymns of the teams should
be played, what constitutes a protocol violation.

Last night, Industry and Trade Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer arrived
at Turkey, aiming to attempt at normalizing bilateral relations, which
aggravated after Ankara’s screaming TV series on "Zionist occupants’
atrocities" in Gaza strip.

Turkey refuses to acknowledge Jerusalem as Israeli capital, addressing
official letters to Tel Aviv. Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan
announced he’d meet with Sudan president, charged of crimes against
humanity, rather than with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu,
Kursor reported.