New tension is boiling up in Israeli-Turkish relations. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman replied aptly to the recent criticisms leveled at Israel.

“Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is turning into Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,” Turkish Radikal daily reports referring to Israeli Ynet newspaper. According to him, the problem is not with Turkey, but Erdogan.

According to Turkish media, it was Israeli FM’s idea to offer Turkish Ambassador Oguz Celikkol a lower chair at the meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon.

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