Students pelt Israeli ambassador with eggs

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police detained 20 students on Wednesday after they pelted Israels ambassador with eggs to protest at the Jewish states offensive in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Turkish media said. The protest took place at the entrance of a university in the Black Sea city of Trabzon as Israels ambassador Gabby Levy was leaving the campus, state-run Anatolian news agency said. Hurriyet newspaper said police detained 20 students who had chanted slogans such as We dont want baby killers and Israel out from our university Diplomatic ties between Muslim Turkey and its ally Israel have suffered since Israels offensive in the Gaza Strip last December and January in which Turkeys Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of committing crimes against humanity.

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