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Israel has ‘reservations’ about UN flotilla report

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Israel will accept the United Nations report on its deadly attack last year on a flotilla of aid boats for the Gaza Strip with some reservations, a senior official said Friday. “We will announce our acceptance of the report after its official publication, with specific reservations,” the official who declined…

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UN inquiry calls Israel flotilla raid ‘excessive’

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UNITED NATIONS — Israel used “excessive” deadly violence against a Turkish-led aid flotilla to Gaza, according to a UN mandated inquiry whose report was published Thursday by the New York Times. But the report, which has not yet been officially released amid a dispute between Israel and Turkey, said the…

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Israeli probe: Gaza flotilla raid was ‘legal’

JERUSALEM — An Israeli probe ruled Sunday that a deadly May 2010 raid on a flotilla of Gaza-bound aid ships, which killed nine Turkish activists and soured ties with Ankara, did not violate international law. However, a Turkish probe into the incident, which also released its preliminary findings Sunday, ruled…

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