Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon, who caused a diplomatic scandal by offering a lower chair to the Turkish Ambassador to Israel and later apologized to the Ambassador and to the Turkish people, once again issued threats to Turkey during a live program on one of the Israeli TV channels.

The Turkey-based Dikathaber news website reported that, responding to a journalist’s question Ayalon said that Israel is ready to take adequate measures if Turkish TV channels continue showing anti-Israeli TV series. In this context he did not rule out the possibility of the Turkish Ambassador being expelled from the country.

NEWS.am reminds readers that on January 11, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon invited the Turkish Ambassador to Israel to his office. At the meeting Ayalon offered a lower chair to the Ambassador and voiced Israel’s protest against the Turkish TV series “Valley of the Wolves”, which shows Israeli agents as kidnappers.

The pictures of the meeting were published by Israeli press, which provoked violent protests in Turkey. The Turkey demanded official apologies from Israel. Israel explained that Daniel Ayalon did not mean to humiliate the Turkish Ambassador. The Turkish side was not satisfied, however. On January 13 night, official Ankara received Ayalon’s official apology to the Turkish Ambassador and Turkish people.

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