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Last update - 18:09 18/10/2009
Report: Israeli cafe boycotts Turkish coffee amid tensions
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: Israel News, Gaza war, Turkey

The Ilan's coffee chain on Sunday announced that it would stop selling Turkish coffee in response to the diplomatic tensions which arose of late between the two countries, Israeli media reported.

"We have decided for the time being to stop selling 'Istanbul coffee' - our Turkish coffee blend, and we shall keep doing it until matters improve," Michael Steg, director of marketing for the large Israeli chain, told the Ynet news website.

"We believe anyone can be active in his own way and this is our small and symbolic way of doing that," he told Ynet.
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The tensions began last week when an international military exercise, which was supposed to be held in Turkey and to include the U.S. and NATO, were scrapped over Turkish opposition to Israel's participation.

Initially, Turkey said the reason for scrapping the drill was not political. But Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu later linked the cancellation to Israel's war in the Gaza Strip last winter.
Since news of the crisis broke, Israeli tourism to Turkey has apparently stymied.

An El Al official told Army Radio that many Israeli businesses have decided to stop subsidizing employee vacations to Turkey during the high season of Passover, which usually sees up to 80,000 Israeli visitors to Turkish resorts.

In the wake of criticism and verbal confrontations between Turkey and Israel surrounding Operation Cast Lead, both official and non-official, Israeli tourism to Turkey plummeted by about 60% in the first months of this year, and hotels catering to Israelis visiting Turkey were especially hard hit.

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      1.   Poor Israel 19:06  |  El Turco 18/10/09
      2.   boycotts 19:06  |  MaxBax 18/10/09
      3.   Have to do More than Boycott Turkish Coffee 19:08  |  John Q. Public 18/10/09
      4.   Good. turkey can get tourists from Syria, their new ally 19:27  |  Jewish State 18/10/09
      5.   I refuse to use the word T..... any more, and I am not joking!!! 19:32  |  Ruti 18/10/09
      6.   Dramatic figures 19:45  |  Axel 18/10/09
      7.   Forbid also Turkish movies (very bad) 20:10  |  Anti-anti 18/10/09
      8.   Drink Kurdish Coffee or Armenian maybe! 20:34  |  Dogru Soyler 18/10/09
      9.   Boycott 20:41  |  View from afar 18/10/09
      10.   Boycott 20:42  |  An Israeli 18/10/09
      11.   Very symbolic, indeed! 20:49  |  Kris Lazar 18/10/09
      12.   # 10 21:03  |  rick 18/10/09
      13.   The evil in every human mankind 21:03  |  Mr. B 18/10/09
      14.   I`m glad! Let Israel be PARIAH STATE 21:14  |  Andrew 18/10/09
      15.   Better yet, call it Greek Coffee 21:15  |  Richard 18/10/09
      16.   Rename Turkish coffee "Armenian Genocide coffee" 21:15  |  Realist 18/10/09
      17.   Oye vey, Ilan`s has stopped serving Turkish coffee... 21:15  |  Esther 18/10/09
      18.   Turkey is a nation of 76,7 million people... 21:38  |  Gray 18/10/09
      19.   Turkey 22:38  |  Texan 18/10/09
      20.   To Dogru Soyler 23:52  |  AzeriJew 18/10/09
      21.   Dogru Soyler - Turkish Coffee 00:06  |  Oleg 19/10/09
      22.   above 00:12  |  moishe 19/10/09
      23.   Well, done, there should be more people like this one. 00:37  |  Alfred 19/10/09
      24.   Another Boycott 01:35  |  Confused 19/10/09
      25.   Do whatever you want to do.. 01:44  |  Gokhan 19/10/09
      26.   Greek Coffee 07:52  |  Michael 19/10/09
      27.   Greek Coffee 20:41  |  Dogru Soyler 19/10/09
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