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Israel PM praises troops who raided Gaza flotilla (AP)

October 26th, 2010

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Israeli naval commandos who participated in a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May, in Atlit naval base, northern Israel ,Tuesday,Oct. 26. 2010. Israel's leader has paid a special visit to a military base in northern Israel to praise the naval commandos who participated in a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May. (AP Photos/Dan Balilty, Pool)AP - Israel’s leader praised on Tuesday the naval commandos who participated in a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May that drew international condemnation.


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UN experts: Israel flotilla raid broke int’l law (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

AP - A report by three U.N.-appointed human rights experts Wednesday said that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla killing nine activists earlier this year.

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Benjamin Netanyahu and the Curse of the Turkish Flotilla (Time.com)

August 10th, 2010

Time.com - Israel’s prime minister rehearsed hard for his appearance before an investigative commission and still managed managed to blow it — twice

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Israel threatening to quit UN probe into flotilla (AP)

August 9th, 2010

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits before testifying in front of  a state-appointed inquiry commission into the Israeli naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, in Jerusalem, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Netanyahu testified Monday before his country's inquiry commission into the bloodshed aboard a Turkish ship that tried to break the Gaza blockade in May 2010, defending Israel's actions and suggesting Turkey had been seeking a confrontation. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)AP - Israel threatened Monday to pull out of a U.N. inquiry into a deadly raid on a Turkish flotilla heading for Gaza, after the U.N. chief said there is…

Israeli about-face: agrees to UN probe of flotilla (AP)

August 2nd, 2010

FILE - In this May 31, 2010 file photo the Mavi Marmara ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation, sails into the port of Ashdod, Israel. Israel announced Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 it will take part in a U.N. investigation into the deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last spring, in a departure from its traditional mistrust of the world body. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)AP - Israel agreed Monday to participate in a U.N. investigation of its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last spring, a surprising departure from its traditional distrust of the…

Israel to take part in UN probe of flotilla raid (AP)

August 2nd, 2010

Palestinians look at the damage following a blast at the house of a Hamas commander in the Deir el-Balah refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. Early Monday, a huge blast leveled the house of a Hamas commander in the Deir el-Balah, wounding at least 32 people, according to Palestinian security officials. They said the blast was the result of an Israeli airstrike, but Israel's military denied that, saying there was no Israeli activity in the area.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - Israel announced Monday it will take part in a U.N. investigation into the deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last spring, in a departure from its traditional…

Gaza flotilla has roots in pro-Palestinian group (AP)

July 22nd, 2010

In this photo taken on June 20, 2010, Israeli soldiers scuffle with  binternational/b peace activists, among them a 23-year-old American calling herself Saegan, center, from the  International Solidarity Movement (ISM), during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem. The stream of ships heading to Gaza in defiance of Israel's blockade reflects the success of ISM, a radical pro-Palestinian group that's been creatively confronting Israel for years. High on victory, they are flush with new volunteers. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)AP - The stream of ships heading to Gaza in defiance of Israel’s blockade reflects the success of a pro-Palestinian group that’s been creatively confronting Israel for years. High on…

Israel keeping flotilla ships until inquiry ends (AP)

July 7th, 2010

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 1, 2010 file photo, Israeli port workers stand near a boat which was part of a Gaza-bound flotilla that was raided the previous day by Israeli forces, in the port of Ashdod, southern Israel. Israel says it will hold on to the six ships that sought to break an Israeli blockade of Gaza at least until it completes its investigation into a deadly raid on one of the vessels. Israel towed the six boats to port days after naval commandos stormed the ships in May, killing nine Turkish activists on board the lead vessel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)AP - Israel will hold on to the six ships from the international flotilla that sought to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip at least until it completes its investigation…

Israel agrees to ease Gaza land blockade (AP)

June 17th, 2010

A Palestinian woman waits to cross to Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip June 1, 2010. Israel's security cabinet decided on Thursday to ease a Gaza land blockade following an binternational/b outcry over a deadly raid on an aid flotilla. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemAP - Israel agreed Thursday to ease its land blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, hoping to quell growing worldwide outrage following a deadly raid on an international flotilla bound…

Israeli Cabinet approves flotilla probe (AP)

June 14th, 2010

In this Monday, May 31, 2010, photo taken by an unidentified person aboard the ship Mavi Marmara, an Israeli soldier is surrounded by people aboard the Turkish-flagged vessel. The photo was released by the Turkish activist group IHH, which is outlawed in Israel. According to IHH, the Israeli soldiers were hurt while storming the ship in confrontations with activists aboard, and were later returned to other Israeli troops who boarded the ship. An Israel government spokesperson said the series of images 'shows that our boarding party in fact did face deadly violence from the hardcore Islamist activists on the boat from the fundamentalist IHH movement.' (AP Photo/IHH) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO; NO SALESAP - Israel’s Cabinet has given final approval for an official investigation into the navy’s bloody attack on a Gaza-bound flotilla two weeks ago.


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