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Last update - 04:14 05/11/2009
Students hurl eggs at car of Israel's ambassador to Turkey
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and DPA
Tags: Israel and Turkey diplomacy 

Israel's ambassador to Turkey was forced to cancel a university visit in the country's Black Sea region on Wednesday after a group of students pelted his car with eggs.

Ambassador Gabby Levy was scheduled to visit Karadeniz Teknik University in the port city of Trabzon where he was met by students protesting Israel's military operation in Gaza earlier this year.

Turkish television showed footage of the students shouting "Israel is a murderer." Police arrested 20 of the protesters, according to
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he semi-official Anatolia Agency.

Levy, who is on a tour of the region, did not leave his car.

During a visit to Rize, another Black Sea city, the ambassador was told by local Mayor Halil Bakirci that he condemned Israel's
"policies of expansion and occupation" and said that self-defense should not involve "killing children."

The mayor also told Levy that "due to Israel's policies, we are worried that something undesirable may happen" to Israeli tourists visiting the Black Sea region.

Relations between Turkey and Israel, once close allies, have been strained in recent years, particularly following Israel's Gaza
operation. Turkish criticism of Israel's action was particularly harsh.

In early October, Turkey indefinitely postponed an international military exercise because of Israel's planned participation.
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  3.   No.1 Anonymous - you may be correct, but Israel`s occupation and 18:14  |  Neutral 04/11/09
  4.   Will the Left object? 18:18  |  Binyamin Dissen 04/11/09
  5.   Muslim Mobs 19:02  |  Chaim Ben Kahan 04/11/09
  6.   Acts of war 19:04  |  Baruch Gold 04/11/09
  7.   Amused at #2 Sharon 19:09  |  Adam 04/11/09
  8.   When will the Kurds be given their state? 19:14  |  Peter 04/11/09
  9.   Turks committed the worst crimes against Kurds, Armenians, Gr and 19:42  |  semsem 04/11/09
  10.   # to 2 Pls you don`t come to Turkey!! 19:42  |  Cengiz 04/11/09
  11.   No 3. Jews defending their lives stokes antisemitism 19:43  |  Elly 04/11/09
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  15.   Elly #11 - Withdraw to the 67 borders and I will agree 20:11  |  Neutral 04/11/09
  16.   To SemSem #9 20:25  |  Idris Faruk 04/11/09
  17.   Lucky Turk Students are more civilized than IDF soldiers 20:31  |  Tim 04/11/09
  18.   Neutral - Pre `67 borders were with Jordan 20:48  |  Georgia 04/11/09
  19.   Nice OG Czarkazem 22:06  |  Charlie 04/11/09
  20.   Lill peter #8 22:11  |  Mike 04/11/09
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  27.   15 - if Israel was not powerfull it would not exist as the Arabs 02:22  |  Ron 05/11/09
  28.   Contempt for the world 02:32  |  Mark Lincoln 05/11/09
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  31.   Tim, its very easy for you... 03:46  |  Avi 05/11/09
  32.   To Ahmet - in the name of truth! 04:04  |  Honi 05/11/09
  33.   #5M CHAIM, and the jewish mobs? 04:51  |  VIPER 05/11/09
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  36.   AHMET Were students protesting when Hamas tried to kill thousands 06:22  |  PETER SM 05/11/09
  37.   AHMET Were students protesting when Hamas tried to kill thousands 06:22  |  PETER SM 05/11/09
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