Ayalon: If Israel is attacked, we'll consider expelling ambassadors

Hi we Turks like Jews? I also have a lot of Jews friend. Some people here can not be real Jews who scolds Turks I think they are Armenia are Greeks who try to use this use to destroy our historical friendship...

UN-democratically?

Arab TV serials show Jews drinking Moslem blood on holidays. Should we humiliate Arab ambassadors now too? Let them play their dirty old time games we cannot be like them. Ayalon should think as a Jew next time even if he lives in Middle East.

of verbal diahorrea.

How about expelling Ayalon ?.

justis , youre 3000 years behind the times read the bible !!

"Turning off the tap" is dirty pool. That is something that should be used as leverage to force Israel to treat its arab expats decently, but actually doing it would be an act of war. If, on the other hand, Turkey said "Solve this issue in 6 months or whatever essentials we control stop" then it would be merely a diplomatic play with war as Israel's option. A bolder option would be to tie any control Turkey has over Israel's vitals to any control Israel has over Gaza's. Limited supplies for Gaza = limited supplies for Israel.

Really? You stated in the post I first responded to that on the first sign of well intentioned criticism "we thump them." Who is that we? Does it include you? And why would I be surprised that there are Jews and Israelis who disagree with the posters you responded to? I am not at all surprised.

Turkey only has to turn off the tap... you know which tap? The one controlling the much awaited natural gas, oil, electricity and water pipelines from Turkey to Israel. : )

Someone should tell this man to shout up his big mouth, as he his near to destroy relation between Turkey and Israel.

... with his baffled diplomatic 'smile'... ... can one imagine Yvet or Ayalon in the same position, preferably sitting on a foot-stool opposite three hefty interrogators...?

... has basically ended in denial... he declares that he has no regrets, except that the media eavesdropped on him...

I speak for Israelis and Jews (I am both) who do not share the opinion of the people I addressed that post to. You'll evidently be surprised to learn there are some.

I open the news paper and listen to the radio hoping to learn that at last we got rid of these forign ministry thugs. Alas, no news bad news, they are still in office, POOR ISRAEL

"No one messes with Israel and comes out unscathed !" Indeed, the Romans destroyed the temple and evicted the Jews - and only a few centuries later their empire crumbled. The connection is obvious ...

Zionist radicals are the equal of Muslim terrorist while Ayalon Lieberman and radical Rabbi's are equal to the Mullahs.

just the opposite. Turkish intelligence has been involved in aiding terrorist attacks against Israel for some time. When living near America's capital city, I spoke with a few Turkish "diplomats" and came away with a negative opinion. Turkey will be very much involved in the future invasion of Israel and will suffer greatly for doing so. No one messes with Israel and comes out unscathed !

I just want Ayalon to treat the british Ambassador the same as he did the Turkish Ambassador. The BBC is often accused of bias against Israel, and the BBC television series Spooks which depicted Israeli intelligence service Mossad undertaking terrorist activities on the streets ogf London. I am in effect calling Ayalon's bluff

Ayalon is a democratically elected government official. And he had good reason to be angry because Turkish television showed racist programmes which is ugly. Why doesn't Turkish television show a racist programme about another country? You don't critiscise the racist Turkish television programmes. Israel is surrounded by a lot of undemocratic moslem countries; I'm not sure any government official from an undemocratic country can criticise a democratically elected government official. Chris I think you live in the UK which is democratic so please do have some respect for another democratic country. You may not like Gordon Brown or David Cameron but one of them will be democratically elected.

years ago.

If the Israeli prime-minster had any brains or guts he would have fired Ayalon immediatey for such a stupid gesture.However seeing he has neither, Ayalon stays in his place and this government will sink lower and lower, alienating the few friends Israel has in the world

If you say so. Although I find it a bit of a stretch to understand why Israel selling more weapons to India than Russia means that the United Kingdom needs Israel more than Israel needs the United Kingdom. Also American armored vehicles are precisely that American, so what does that have to do with the United Kingdom? Because where I live I am seeing the armored vehicles we are using and they seem to have pretty good armour invented at Porton Down. And just exactly has that got to do with Ayalon threatening to put more ambassadors on the naughty chair?

Then what's wrong with clowns working there?

He did not nominate Ayalon.

"will probably replace Russia as Indias largest supplier this year." Will Israel deliver aircraft, helicopters, warships?

"The Israeli Air Force is the second most powerful in the world" Does your world include Russia, India, and China???

Good old Chris and as usual all your anti Israel comments. Israel sellS unmanned air vehicles to a lot of countries INCLUDING THE UK. Their military technology is probably second in the world to the United States. They have their own anti ballistic missile system, they produce the best armour system for vehicles to protect them against roadside bombs and have been supplying this armour for the American MRAP vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan. They have developed their own ballistic missiles, they strip out American supplied fighter aircraft and install their own electronics, communications and weapons. Israeli industry modernise other countries aircraft e.g. India, Turkey, Greece, South Africa etc. The Israeli Air Force is the second most powerful in the world and has the best pilots in the world.Israel is the second biggest supplier of military equipment to India and will probably replace Russia as Indias largest supplier this year. The UK needs Israel more not the other way round

Dear Mr. Ayalon, you forgot a small detail...a little research would have shown you that the Turkish ambassador's mother is Jewish...Since when Israeli politicians started humiliating other Jews?

There is no substantive difference between Ayalon's behavior and the four indicted soldiers who urinated on the Palestinian. Both instances refect innate Israeli attitude towards real and perceived adversaries who challenge its policies. It is not an infantile behavior because children would not think of doing that. It is an adult sociopathic behavior by people who do not think much of themselves to begin with and find an outlet to their own insecurities and frustrations by humiliating others.

I'm inviting Mr. Ayalon -after being fired from his post for the benefit of Israel- to act in Recep Ivedik's films. If you wonder who Recep Ivedik is, please visit youtube and search for the name. Regards,

first of all ı want to say thıs clearly we dont have hatred agaınst ısrael we cricitized you because of gaza we dıdınt ınsult jews or anythıng ıts your goverment we dont lıke but ın responce you trıed to humılıate our natıons ambassador whıch reapresent us not only our govermentand we knew that apology wasnt sincere but at leats accepted to decrease tensıon between us now he trys to save hıs ego and says we can expell ambassador let me say is thıs that moron goes lıke thıs you wont have to expell the ambassador

Just do it. Do you think any state in the world (precisely any state of the limited number which have ambassadors in Tel Aviv) would lose something when the "Zionist wrath" descends uopn them? But it's great to see that the efforts to isolate Israel are now firmly supported by the government of Israel.

Who is "we"? Whom do you purport to speak for? Israelis? Jews? Did either of those groups speak with one voice on the issues you refer to? That is not what I saw and heard, and simply reading Haaretz on a daily basis would confirm the presence of sharp and vigorous debate.

Wanting Ayalon to follow up on his statement automatically makes me a member of the BNP? The only political party in the United Kingdom to unequivocly to support Israel during Cast Lead. You read my posts? The fact that Israel may sever ties with the United Kingdom is to good an opportunity to miss (will open up markets consisting of 1.5 billion people, with the slogan blacklisted by Israel, and they have oil money). Which of course is exactly my point Ayalon is making hollow threats in a desperate attempt to move the news cycle away from the fact that he had to apologise to the Turkish Ambassador not once but twice. No Ambassador will be expelled by Ayalon his pay scale does not allow him to make that decision. Now where is my copy of that Spooks episode where Israel was seen to perpertrate terrorist acts on the streets of London? You know it makes sense economically

You obviously have difficulty grasping the concept of International Jurisdiction. The concept of which is that if a person has been seen to break International Law they can be tried in the United Kingdom. To have an arrest warrant served you have to prove that the person in question has a case to answer. And your threats to make the United Kingdom turned into North Korea is laughable. It is more likely that this will happen to Israel.

The reason our friends are first nudging us and, when that doesn't work, bashing us is largely because at the first sign of justified and well-intentioned criticism, we thump them. The Jewish Judge Goldstone is suddenly an anti-semite, Israel's most powerful allies, ditto Muslim Turkey and Christian USA. Are you saying that only those who ignore our faults, tell us we're gorgeous even when we know we are not, are our friends or what? Do you bring up your children that way? Peres was not humiliated, our country was humiliated by its leaders and not by Mr. Erdogan. It is untenable to end up killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and maiming for life many times that figure, in a campaign against a largely unarmed entity already under siege and thus with nowhere to run to, without holding an independent inquiry into what went wrong.

With amateurs and clowns like Lieberman and Ayalon at the Ministry of foreign affairs Isarel don't need any more enemies.

It seems that Ayalon goes straight ahead in his capacity. Dont care. He is on the way to eventual resigning for the sake of his country.

Look at these grown up man palying tit for tat and inflating the hurt feeling between long time friends 500 years to be axact, l think it is about time Turkey and Israel ellect some grown ups and teach these children how to behave. for Turks must understand the sesetivity of Jew about their home land, they finally got one and they do not want anyone telling them their govrement can do wrong, they want to solve it themsleves, and Turks should only offer humanatarian aid and show their protest that way instead Erdogan critize is he does do it to both sides, Hamas is no friend of Israel, please l am telling everyone writing these bad comments be civilized for a change get out of the Jungle

He certainly isn't acting like one. 1) Go out of your way to act like a bully. 2) Govel out an apology for your bullying. 3) Threaten to act like a bully in future. There is nothing worse that a gutless bully, and there is nothing more pathetic than the boasts of someone who has already displayed cowardice. The 1st rule of diplomacy: once you've crapped all over your tough-guy reputation you can't get it back again, no matter how loudly you thump your chest. Give it up, sunshine.

Ayalon & Lieberman obviously don't want diplomatic relations with Turkey. Why doesn't Netanyahu just let them break relations cleanly? For that matter, why not with all of NATO? Wouldn't it be easier than going through all the games and pretending?

not for you decide, popeye.

Year 1939, Turkish Embasador Behic Erkin in Paris... He saved 20,000 Jewish by giving them document statin that they are Turkish Republic Citisen... He ordered to the staff to teach these Jewish People to learn 6 word of Turksih "I am Turkish, my relatives live in Turkey!". Out of these 20,000 Jewish 10,387 is Turkish Oriented. And even one of the Jews, whom he saved, is son of Lean Blum, who is the First Jewish Prime Minister of France. If you know more about what happened and how Turks were still saving Jews from the hand of Killer Nazis just in the last century read the book written by him named Ambasador. This is only a latest sample from thousands of similar action from the Turkish-Jewish History.

itself. The display of racism just keeps lowering the world's opinion of Israel. So keep it up, the BDS movement will grow, and there will soon be a one-state solution which is better than the pretense at peace since Rabin.

Why has no one, (the Prime Minister?), explained to Mr. Lieberman and Mr. Ayalon that the job of the Foreign Ministry is diplomacy? It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Mr.Ayalon has just sent the world a million words demonstrating that in regard to the art of diplomacy he does not know how to hold a brush. He did not know that he was being recorded? Choice: he is a fool or a lier,

The finasnce minister is surely happy! Close all embassies, missions, consulates all over the world, you save money and rows too. ....but then do not complain about being isolated!

Israel needs to stop allowing juvenile delinquents to represent it to the world. Main Entry: Diplomacy 1 : the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations 2 : skill in handling affairs without arousing hostility By definition 'diplomacy' does not involve trashing negotiations and gratuitously alienating other nations. Allowing infantile hoodlums like Liebermand and Ayalon manage Israel's foreign affairs is a serious mistake. Who in their right mind sets up a humiliating situation involving a diplomat from an ally and then rubs it in by pointing out what he was doing to the press in front of the diplomat? And what nation in it's right mind would let such a person represent it?

haa,hope israel will keep on doin such acts,this way from now till the next 20 years it wont have any so called allies left. israels arrogance will cost it alot on the stage of politics

What nonsense! Fire the guy already, he's obviously totally unqualified for that tricky position.

I really feel ashamed of our politicians!!!!

Lieberman and Ayalon are right. Israelis should respond to those who slander Israel. Finally, Israel has a Foreign Ministery that will call a spade a spade.

Add Martians too even Chinese,Russians,Indians,Blacks,Whites,Aliens etc.

it will be a great mistake for turkishs i think .turkish may be a big loser because of kurds and of others turkishs minorities that can be helped to make unstable the country

Have you a short memory you? have you forget how Shimon Peres as president was humiliated?

First he hummiliats the ambasador and acts like pacha, then he takes his pants, sorry, trousers off. Now he's back on attack for the internal consumption, but still with his pants, sorry, trousers off. .. and he is number 2 at Israeli foreign office. Ha, Ha, Ha.

Lower seating positions... that's what diplomacy has come down to. How childish is that... in any other place, this kind of prank would get the diplomat dismissed... immediately, on the spot. No apology... no regretful interviews and no need to explain yourself. It's obvious, Erdogan... with a simpleton portfolio, tried to humiliate Shimon Peres at the World Economic Forum. The Israeli Foreign Ministry could've issued a terse statement. Equating Gaza to the Turks incursion against the PKK in eastern Turkey and northern Iraq. An all-out military retaliation by Turkish tanks and F-15's against the Kurds in 2009... case closed.

No ambassadors expelled yet I guess. How come? Using the word "ambassador" in the same sentence with Ayalon and Lieberman in itself is an oxymoron! Lieberman should get the "Campagne Charlie" award as the most obtuse and despised foureign minister in recent history. Does Lieberman actually walk out on Mitchel when "touchy" subjects are even mentioned? He's a real piece of work, the best Israel has to offer?....PEACE EVER?

I love Turkey and turkish people. Amazing traditions, food, culture, litterature. Great friends, whatsoever. But hey - it's the South here. Do you think only because you are 10 times bigger than us you are the only one who get to be vulgar, loud, impulsive and opportunists? Loudness, my friends, is not the democratic right of the majority only. Armenians and Kurds are cool too, by the way a bit nasty, sure. We still like you better.

fragile for insiders only present parties and appointees that switch like musical chairs damage Israel. needed is a senate, a house of reps. to enable checks and balances, district representatives accountable to constituents. expect more of the same embarrassment if present system keeps going. everybody knows it but nobody does anything to remedy sick situation.

Ayalon said that what Adrogan did to Peres was humiliating, the contrary is true .For a head of state to lose his calm in a international event and to leave the event humiliates only the turks themselves and shows he is not fit to lead their great nation.

Israel and Turkey both had chips on their shoulders. The skirmish has been played out on the world stage. Now it is left to see if there will be respect for one another. Personally I think the Turks are a bunch of turkeys in so much as they want to be members of the EU but refuse to be open to scrutiny.

Totally agree with #1. Ayalon's "I didn't think it would be aired with sound" is laughable, he is a career politician. What a trator! Instead of reprimanding Turkey for the outrageous TV series, he humiliated Israel. #3, non of your matters are concerning Jews. Stop looking at Jews as everybody's servants! We are too small of a people and have a lot of troubles of our own. I did not see Armenians, Greeks or Kurds protesting Arab aggression against Israel. In fact Armenia has a warm relationship with Iran as we speak. All the Jews should keep that in mind. So #3, go find some place else for your posts!

what good comes from you making such statements when time comes and israel feels after serious consideration to expell any ambasador it can do it, but threatening is no diplomacy.I hope you get my drift, had i been the israeli foriegn minister i will remove you from dealing with the turks.

Turkey's right about that again in recent history düşünüyorum.Ve not only the Middle East will be one of the countries in the world have a voice.

Surely a deputy FM should have a sophisticated knowledge of how the media works and this clown didn't think they would record what he said or if they did - and broadcast it - they wouldn't use sound!

Smooth, that Ayalon. A model diplomat. Big talk. Reminds me of the words of a Mose Allison song: "If talking were criminal, you'd be leading a life of crime, 'Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime."

Lieberman is truly a genious. He talks straight, and he acts wisely.

shut it up! Come'n man, relax, go to the local pub, have a couple of pints and keep bashing Gordon, Al or David. It really doesn't matter as long as you silently continue to support the BNP. Mend in your business and you have plenty. And now that finally the snow has melted, you can always take a walk at Sheffield Park. Maybe nature will bring you closer to your true nature. Good luck with your inner journey (if you have something inside).

U can not threaten turks but u can persuade them with your right policies. !! Such threats do not work on turks. For example in Cyprus issue world`s 2 superpower of the coldwar era, USSR and USA, they both threatened turkey at the same time. USA put an military embargo and USSR leaders threatened by war. Turkey did not retreat as it was right. Turkey is resistant to threats. If u want to change turkey`s policies u should change the public opinion. But u can not do that with Ayalon.

Enough groveling from Israel...Turks,Arabs,Muslims whatever see it as weakness.. Cancel Baraks trip,kick out the ambassador,and let them grovel to come back...

How much damage to our state needs to be inflicted by this unprofessional half-wit untilhe is fired, or - better made the first Israeli ambassador to Waziristan?

Ayalon seems to have no regrets other than the fact the planning of the meeting was recorded. In other words he only regrets that he was caught. So his forced apology was false and meaningless. No surprise of course, but you would have thought he might have kept his head down and stayed silent on the issue until it blew over.

A response to the humilliantion of Peres at Davos should have been deviced much earlier. It should have been swift, clear, strong and sending a message. Sitting an ambassador ina lower chair reminds one of Charlie Chaplin's "Great Dictator" more than a serious response to a serious offense by Turkey, that started in Davos but went on with all kinds of attacks and libels, sour words and sour actions. Israel ought to be serious to emmit a serious signal. Fooling around with absent flags and no water is the style of an idiot, not a diplomat. Ceterum Censeo... Lieberman should never have been chosen as Israel's top diplomat.

Indeed he has. How dare any other country not grovel. Israel should do the same toward any ambassador from any country who does kowtow before Israel's policies of land theft and oppression. It will teach them a lesson.

If I were Turkey I will withdraw my ambassador from Israel, because Turkish media should have the right to criticize Israel's actions in Gaza. because what Israel did in Gaza was horrible, and if you are not allowed to say that or express that in art, then you are a society that is weak. What Israel can do however, is make a movie on Turkey Genocide of the Armenians.

"these two are doing the only correct..." What is correct to the radical far right is not correct to normal human relations. This paranoia that everyone is anti-semetic because peoples and nations around the world object to the 1.5 Million humans: dads, moms, children all suffering under a inhuman blockade due to Israel's policy of collective punishment. While the far right zionist movement approves it, the majority of world Jews do not. This goes against the very essence and character of the Jewish people. Even if you remove the usual suspects, the whole world, is against this. So much so that I believe nations will start pulling their ambassadors and begin supporting more overt actions against Israel. The cold war is over and the need for Israel as a strategic partner is over, especially with the USA bases in Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey. The US close relationship with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and it's newest military friend Yemen.

You and Lieberman are the Best Negative PR for Israel EVER....... Both of Your mouths is Spew stuff that All Arabs combined can't match.... And it is of your own doing.. I think the Arabs should pay for it..

... by these two vulgar clowns... ... for them it was 'message-accomplished'...

Ayalon. What do you say!? WOW !

... unless the recipients of their bizarre behaviour have a strong sense of humor...

Any arrest warrants that may issue do so under international law. That you interpret this as England v. Israel or Turkey v. Israel shows that you are used to living in a society that flaunts international law. It is a matter of international law's questioning Israel's actions. How can you not see that your just saying that your actions are OK does not make them so in the views of others? How can anyone deal with people who don't accept the rules that make international relationships possible? Do you want to be like N. Korea? Apparently so. Sad.

IS TO GET RID OF LIBERMAN AND HIS AIDES, THEY HAVE ALREADY, IN A VERY SHORT TIME, COSTED US FAR TOO MUCH AND IT IS GETTING WORSE EVERY DAY. we dont know why they act the way they do, is it blindness, stupidity or fscist ideology. The fact is they are too big for a small country like ours.

It is astounding that the Foreign Ministry of Israel is run by men who have no conception of international relations and diplomacy. The Netanyahu regime is in too many ways a mirror image of the Bush Junta which brought disaster upon America.

It is that diplomacy is pretty much irrelevant when the issue is survival. First and foremost self defence. Diplomatic piling on won't make a wit of difference!

If I didn't see these words in print in front of me I would never believe Ayalon had said them, in the wake of the demeaning 'higher chair - lower chair' fiasco involving the Turkish ambassador. Let this be clear and categorical: an element of immaturity, irrationality and self-destructiveness has now entered the formal Israeli political dialogue with the rest of the world - and I speak as a friend of the country. The fact that other countries may act similarly is of absolutely no moment; Israel cannot afford to. Please - get your house in order asap.

Ambassador also. Hell, might as well! Israelis have to be such idiots to allow the Liebermans, the Ayalons, the Bibis and the rest of the gang to act this way. Way to go, guys.

I wish Israel had more intelligent politicians. why are we stooping to the levels of Turks? Why do we have to make a show out of everything?

The guy has gone off the rocker and needs help big time...sombody??!!

The Israeli Foreign Ministry aka 'The Fools Paradise' is again issuing empty threats, the world does not need Israel, Israel needs the world. Some Ambassadors might be glad to be send home, it must be better than having to work with a bunch of fools.

The original idea was fine until your voice got recorded. Now, incomprehensibly, you are opening your mouth still again. Can't you learn, sir?

I wonder what it must be like waking up as a citizen of Israel day after day wondering what crimes your state has comitted or what is the latest folly your government has been up to.

These two are doing the only correct thing that can be done in current situation.

The way Israel's foreign affairs are going, will anyone care much? They may even remove the Ambassadors themselves!

whilst in Jordan has declared Jerusalem an occupied city. I guess this is the first real test of Lieberman's and Ayalon's new foreign policy. Won't hold my breath.

are individual human beings. Of course Israel meant to humiliate the Turkish ambassador and Turkey! Israel is sadly lacking in political figures who have the skills of civilized communication... so the seating of the Ambassador and Israel's Mr Ayalon was organised by Mr Lieberman (the bouncer from Moldova) eh? What schoolyard nonsense! What was the apology sent to Turkey regarding the incident?! Bloody hypocrites!

and members of Israel's armed services is a direct attack on Israel. Let alone the actual issuing of arrest warrants for those Israeli individuals. The fact Israel has not sent the British Ambassador packing already shows these are hollow words from Ayalon, desperately trying to save face after being made to crawl through the dirt to grovel at the feet of the Turkish Ambassador. Hopefully that will change shortly.

There will be no admission to the EU. Period. Armenians' genocide in WW1. Ethnic Greeks' expulsion from Anatolia. Genocidal war on domestic Kurdish minority.

Israel needs friends not enemies. A good friend is better than a bad enemy. I sympathize with Mr Netanyahu. It is hard to find good help these days. Mr Ayalon should return to a line of work for which he is better suited (like shoveling chicken manure on a kibbutz). Mr Netanyahu should advertise in Haaretz for a new deputy foreign minister.

The men who will eventually destroy Israel are not the Arabs, Hezbollah, Al-Quaeda or Hamas but infantile people such as Lieberman and Ayalon. Can there be any other democratic country in the world where people like that could ever be elected? Well, apart from one or two Eastern European countries that is.

After Ayalon now in this way backtracked from his dual apologies, I wonder how it will work out the next time, when Israel will summon the Turkish ambassador (or should that have been the last time?). For now Turkey instead will not backtrack from its acceptance of the apology, after Erdogan had said that it was "the expected and desired response". But they will keep in mind, how it went on this time.

kicked, and out of Ben Gurion Airport. Jews all over the world had waited for this level field treatment since the Roman conquest and exiles, over 2,000 years ago. It is high time for Turkey military to take over the reigns of power, remove the misfit islamist fascist gov there.

Not in a diplomatic position. It is amazing that Israel is being led by such adolescent mental midgets.

..Well sometimes diplomacy is ugly and one has to bite one's lip. At the same time Diplomats look for common ground and win-win situations; but what I have read about likud diplomacy it is Israel or the highway. This lack of flexibility or diplomacy or modern statehood or common sense will eventually hurt Israel.

I am in tears. Oh, please, no no...

You see, that is exactly the point. Same vulgarity (in fact, Turkey has been bashing Israel in front of the world numerous times in the last year actually with Israel doing nothing about it), different criteria applied by you.

What we're seeing, the behavior of Israel, is what so many Jews feared as soon as the idea of a Jewish state was bandied about: i.e., the worst. What would happen if Jews were left to their own devices. In a nutshell: a sleazeball like Netanyahu pm, a thug like Lieberman as foreign minister, and a vulger deputy foreign minister Like Danny Ayalon. Well done Israel. It's all come true.

It appears very regularly, albeit fictionally, on Turkish television.

So now we're threatening the Turks instead of humiliating them O Israel? Time for the rest of the world to recall their ambassadors en masse and the US to cancel military aid until Israel truely comes to the bargaining table with peace on it's mind I think. Absolute madness is in control in Israel.

Only a fool talks like him. It is scary that Israel's foreign relations are in the hands of a thug and an idiot.

You Lieberman.

... a bunch of clowns ... yahoos ... unbelievable incompetence ... the Israeli government has been reduced to a laughing stock.

Don't expel, invite him as a VIP to a screening of a special on the Armenian Genocide. Seat him in a small, low chair under Armenian flag.

Instead of dealing with criticism, let's just act like a bully and bite and kick. Right wingers proves once again that they always walk backward, not forward.

This is the government of the people of Israel. A The true face of Israel...isn't the nickname Sabra as in prickly?

like trash in a worst way right?

The Turks might have simmered down -- best for Ayalon to make sure they don't. After all, then Israel might still have a friend in the world. And Israel doesn't need friends. She can go it alone. Trust me.

I cant beilive a serious country like Israel have someone like this guy in their government.He does stupid,he speaks stupid,he acts stupid.He shows Israel like a CLOWN COUNTRY.Like a country has no idea about diplomacy whatsoever.He still thinks hes done superb and showed Turks whos the daddy.''to intend a visiual message'' ,haha are you nuts????so Turkey should force Israeli ambassador to crawl on the roomfloor to give a virtual message in order to this stupid men's understanding of diplomacy.

Leading Israel blindfolded into the wilderness of total isolation.

Does anyone want to explain to Ayalon what vulgarity is? No need for cinema Ayalon. You could have just said what you wanted to say to the Turkish representative. You don't need to decorate a reprimand or a reproach with cheap amateur dramatics, the message actually passes much better if you don't. As it is, you both detracted from it (no-one remembers what your gripe was about) and had to crawl - not once, but twice. Mission aborted, the Israeli public humiliated. Again.

Very logical and consistent explanation of the events. Keep the good job, Mr. Ayalon !

Erdogan is a Jerk, However Israel must remain civilized.

Have you ever heard non-Islamic states declaring that they have been "Humiliated" by an Islamic state ? Never.

he and lieberman will leave the 'jewish state' with no friends anywhere, completely isolated and then it will just dissapear...good ridence and good job ayalon and lieberman :)

expelled the British Ambassador from it's capital Tel Aviv. Surely there can be no greater threat to Israel than it's delegitimisation, and there can be no greater sign of a delegitimised Israel than the fact that it's political leaders or members of Israel's military cannot visit the United Kingdom for fear of arrest. Is this the Deputy Foreign Minister trying to save face because of a complete 180 degree about turn where he had to make a grovelling apology on the orders of President Peres? Or is this an announcement of official Israeli policy? Obviously I won't hold my breath, the truth is Israel needs the UK more than the UK needs Israel.

The ore Ayalon talks, the more froggs jumps out of his stupid mouth. Sad for Israel...