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Israeli ambassador calls raid ‘responsible,’ likens to US attacks in World War II
Likens Israel’s attack on aid ship to US attack on Germany, Japan Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, called his country’s raid on an aid flotilla en route to Gaza “perfectly legal, perfectly humane and very responsible” in an interview Tuesday with Fox News. Oren likened the attack…
Israel deports activists from Gaza-bound flotilla
AMY TEIBEL AP News Jun 02, 2010 06:53 EDT Israel on Wednesday began deporting the bulk of nearly 700 international activists detained during its deadly raid on an aid flotilla bound for Palestinians in the blockaded, Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. The raid that ended with Israeli soldiers killing nine activists has…
Witnesses deny that any of aid protesters were armed
BERLIN — Three visibly shaken Germans, who experienced a deadly raid by the Israeli military on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, denied on Tuesday that anyone on board was armed, according to the news wire service AFP. “The Israeli government justifies the raid because they were attacked. This is…
Witness: No one armed on Gaza flotilla
Berlin – Three visibly shaken Germans, who experienced a deadly raid by the Israeli military on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, denied on Tuesday that anyone on board was armed. “The Israeli government justifies the raid because they were attacked. This is absolutely not the case,” former member of…
In raw video, reporters claim Israelis fired on activists before boarding ship
Update: Turkey will reportedly send military escort with future Gaza aid boats In what could be a serious blow to Israel’s narrative on the killing of at least nine humanitarian activists making their way to Gaza through international waters, raw video by an Al Jazeera producer, who was filming during…
UN chief calls for investigation of Gaza aid flotilla raid
KAMPALA  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he was “shocked” by a deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and demanded a full investigation. “I am shocked by reports of killings and injuries of people on boats carrying supplies for Gaza,” the UN chief said at a…
Aid flotilla sets sail for Gaza
A flotilla of ships carrying activists and aid for the blockaded Gaza Strip finally steamed south from Cyprus Sunday, heading for a fleet of Israeli naval vessels determined to stop them. The ships, carrying more than 700 passengers, are on the last leg of a high-profile mission to deliver tonnes…
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