The political turmoil and bloodshed caused by President Donald Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem may result in the final and definitive breakup of the already loveless relationship between Turkey and Israel. The situation also appears set to deepen the crisis in Turkish-American ties, already beset by a host of problems that remain unsolved.
Turkey asked Israel’s ambassador in Ankara and consul general in Istanbul to leave following this week’s mass killing of Palestinian demonstrators by Israeli soldiers. It also recalled its ambassador in Washington for consultations over the Jerusalem crisis.