Israel’s foreign minister summoned the Turkish deputy ambassador to protest the lowing of Turkish flag atop its embassy in Tel Aviv. The summon comes after the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv lowered its flag to half-mast in honor of slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.“Israel will not accept expressions of participation in mourning for a murderer like Ismail Haniyeh,” Israel Katz says in a statement. Announcing the summoning of Turkish diplomat, Katz said that he ordered it for a “stern reprimand” over the incident. Israeli lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman also called the flag being lowered in Tel Aviv “one big disgrace.”
