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UN report on Gaza blockade flawed ~ Interview with Medeia Benjamin – founder Code Pink

PressTV –  Mon Sep 5, 2011 5:20PM GMT Interview with Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will not apologize for a deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last year which killed nine Turkish nationals. Netanyahu said Israel expresses regret for the loss of life, but will not […]

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Hamas rejects UN Palmer Report and calls on Turkey to cut all relations with Israel

  Monday, 05 September 2011 14:30| MEMO The leader of Hamas in Gaza has made clear his movement’s rejection of the UN Palmer Report into Israel’s attack on the Freedom Flotilla in May 2010. According to Mahmoud Zahar, the report which calls Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza “legitimate”, flies in the face of international law […]

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Lawyers for Freedom Flotilla victims reject Palmer report

[ 05/09/2011 – 12:21 PM ] ISTANBUL, (PIC)– Lawyers for the victims of Freedom Flotilla massacre strongly denounced the UN report (Palmer report) about Israel’s deadly attack on an aid convoy of six ships on May 31, 2010 in international waters of the mediterranean sea. The lawyers expressed their condemnation in response to leaked documents […]

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Bahar: Taking Israel to the ICJ best response to Palmer report

[ 05/09/2011 – 11:43 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Ahmed Bahar welcomed Turkey’s decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice, saying it was the best response to the Palmer report which was biased to Israel. In a statement on Saturday evening, Bahar called on the ICJ […]

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Palmer Panel Needs Little Common Sense

The report condemned flotilla organizers. (Via PressTV) By Richard Lightbown The report of the UN Panel of Inquiry on the Gaza Flotilla Incident which was finally released on 2 September is an example of how dangerous thing ‘a little learning’ can be. Put into an ivory tower in New York far away from the scene […]

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OIC censures UN report on flotilla attack

  PressTV –  Sun Sep 4, 2011 3:20PM GMT |UPDATE Israeli attacked the Turkish-flagged MV Mavi Marmara in international waters on May 31, 2010. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the UN report on Israel’s deadly attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Mavi Marmara, in 2010. OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in […]

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Gaza holds rally in support of Turkey

PressTV – Sun Sep 4, 2011 10:38AM GMT Palestinian supporters of Hamas rally in support of the Turkish decision to expel the Israeli ambassador, in Gaza City, Sept. 3, 2011. Dozens of supporters of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas have rallied in the streets of Gaza to show support of Turkey’s decision to cut its […]

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As UN Vote on Palestinian Statehood Approaches, U.S. Careens Toward Irrelevance ~ By Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein | September 4, 2011 | Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place I wasn’t going to write a blog post on this story, but I read one statement from a clueless U.S. official that was so galling I just had to, if only to express my outrage as a U.S. citizen […]

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UN Report on Mavi Marmara Massacre ~ by Stephen Lendman

  By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | http://www.sabbah.biz | September 4, 2011 On May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos willfully and maliciously interdicted Freedom Flotilla vessels in international waters, bringing humanitarian aid to besieged Gazans. In the process, they slaughtered nine Turkish nationals aboard the mother Mavi Marmara ship, wounding dozens more, and arresting everyone […]

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Turkey to take Israel to ICJ

After downgrading ties to former ally for refusing flotilla apology, Ankara vows to pursue legal action at The Hague. 03 Sep 2011 23:09 An Israeli naval vessel patrols beside the Mavi Marmara in the Mediterranean Sea on May 31, 2010 [Reuters] Turkey has said it will apply next week for an investigation by the International […]

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Turkey and Israel: Turkey does the right thing ~ by Lawrence Davidson

By Lawrence Davidson | Redress | 4 September 2011 Lawrence Davidson lauds Turkey’s decision to downgrade its diplomatic relations with Israel and suspend military ties with the Zionist state and says that Tel Aviv’s refusal to do the decent thing and apologize for murdering unarmed civilians on the high seas has probably put an end […]

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Zahhar: UN flotilla report biased, justifies siege on Palestinians

[ 03/09/2011 – 05:15 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahhar accused Saturday the UN-commissioned Palmer report into Israel’s 2010 flotilla attack of not being neutral, as it deemed the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip legal. He also called on Turkey to take further sanctions against Israel. “When the report says the […]

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Egyptian reactions to Turkey’s suspension of diplomatic relations with Israel

Overwhelming support has met Turkey’s move to expel the Israeli ambassador from Ankara, while some wonder why Egypt isn’t doing the same Nada Hussein Rashwan, Saturday 3 Sep 2011 | Al Ahram Online Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara (Reuters) A UN report issued this week on the Freedom […]

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The blood of the Mavi Marmara martyrs claim JUSTICE ~ Cartoon by @CarlosLatuff

Click on the cartoon for full size high res image Cartoon of Carlos Latuff is free to use without previous written permission. Courtesy of Carlos. May God bless you. Ameen Source Full Report Download: The Palmer Committee Final Report | UN The Palmer Report: Another Attempt by Israel to Whitewash Murder? | PRESS RELEASE Why […]

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Amnesty: UN flotilla report recommendations ‘insufficient’

Related: The Mavi Marmara Massacre Maan News Agency | Sept 3, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The recommendations of the UN-sponsored Palmer report into Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla do not go far enough, Amnesty International said Friday. The international rights group also said the report, written by a panel headed by former […]

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