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By ASSOCIATED PRESS AND DAN IZENBERG The Jerusalem Post Sun, Jan 23, 2011 C’tee releases report after investigation into flotilla incident, saying actions were legal pursuant to int’l law, “IDF acted professionally in the faces of extensive and unanticipated violence.” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday dismissed the Turkel Committee’s findings defending the [...]
Intelligence and Atomic Energy Minister reportedly faced charges linked to his role in the IDF raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla. By Barak Ravid Haaretz Tue, November 02, 2010 Intelligence and Atomic Energy Minister Dan Meridor cancelled on Monday a planned visit to London, England, after receiving information that he might be facing a lawsuit or [...]
by Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies - October 19, 2010 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that he will not participate in the Climate Conference in Athens if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attends it. In an interview with a TV station in Greece, Erdogan said that Israel is about to lose an “important and [...]
Under plea deal, soldier who removed electronic items from Mavi Marmara sentenced to 5 months in military jail, fined NIS 700 and demoted. By Haaretz Service Haaretz - October 18, 2010 Israel’s military court sentenced an Israel Defense Forces soldier to five months in military jail for stealing equipment from the Turkish aid ship Mavi Marmara, [...]
Turkish victims ask international criminal court to pursue Israeli gunmen over raid on ship Afua Hirsch, legal affairs correspondent guardian.co.uk – 8 October 2010 The international criminal court is being urged to prosecute members of the Israeli defence force for the raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship. Turkish victims have formally requested an investigation, the [...]
By YAAKOV LAPPIN The Jerusalem Post Fri, Oct 8, 2010 Decision follows intensive deliberations on how to improve boarding techniques following the bloody confrontation on Marvi Marmara. The IDF’s K9 Oketz Unit will be deployed in future interceptions of Gaza-bound ships or flotillas to assist soldiers in boarding the vessels, a military source said on [...]
The Turkish charity IHH, which sponsored a Gaza-bound flotilla that Israeli commandos boarded in a deadly raid last spring, say some 500 activists from Pakistan, Iran, Syria and Turkey aim to break blockade by December 27. By The Associated Press Haaretz Mon, October 04, 2010 Pro-Palestinian activists from dozens of Muslim countries are planning to [...]
News24 – AFP 2010-09-28 22:48 Geneva – The International Criminal Court could examine Israel’s deadly storming of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May, a member of a UN Human Rights Council’s probe into the incident said on Tuesday. Desmond de Silva, a member of the inquiry, noted that the ship Mavi Marmara’s flag state is [...]
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