Turkey may expel Israeli ambassador

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said the sanctions threatened by the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ahead of Friday’s official release of the Palmer Report could scale back the level of diplomatic representation in both countries, which means Israel’s ambassador to Turkey would be expelled. Unless there is an Israeli apology, “we will put Plan B into play,” Davutoglu told Turkish daily “Today Zaman. Turkey intends to impose sanctions, “which both Israel and other international parties are aware of.” Senior Israeli officials said Thursday that Israel would not apologize for the raid and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had reiterated this to the U.S. administration in the past few days, according to Israeli daily ” Haaretz”. (QNA) Unless there is an Israeli apology, “we will put Plan B into play,” Davutoglu said in a joint interview to the Thursday’s Today Zaman and Hurriyet dailies. He said Turkey intended to impose sanctions, “which both Israel and other international parties are aware of.” Referring to Israel’s request for another delay in the report’s publication, he said that Ankara “cannot accept another six-month extension.” Senior Israeli officials said Thursday that Israel would not apologize for the raid