Former Israeli navy commander questioned at a London airport

Being questioned while traveling in Europe has also been a concern for senior IDF officials Gaza, ALRAY | Oct 14, 2013 The British authorities have stopped and questioned former Israeli navy commander Eliezer Marom upon arriving London’s Heathrow Airport Monday, Ynetnews.com reported. Marom was commander of the Israeli navy when 13 Israeli commandos committed a […]

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Relatives of Mavi Marmara martyrs protest int’l silence on Israel’s crime

[ 12/10/2013 – 11:11 AM ] ISTANBUL, (PIC)– Scores of Turkish citizens and relatives of martyrs, who were killed in the 2010 Israeli naval raid on the aid ship Mavi Marmara, rallied on Thursday outside Caglayan court in Istanbul in protest at the failure of the international community to bring the killers to justice. Most […]

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VIDEO | EU ‘Hypocritical’ in Declaring Hezbollah a Terrorist Organization

Related in Media July 23, 2013 | EU will regret blacklisting Hezbollah: Iran MP – PressTV July 23, 2013 | The Resistance Always Comes Out on Top – Al Akhbar Israeli Massacres on Palestinians Israeli Crimes: Details and Numbers of the Nazi Jews activities The Nobel Prize of Literature Jose Saramago compares the suffering of […]

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Israel furious over Red Cross (@ICRC) interview with Turkish NGO official

June 14, 2013 | Middle East Monitor Israel has condemned the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for interviewing the deputy chairman of a Turkish welfare organisation. Hussein Oruc’s NGO, known by its acronym IHH, took part in the Freedom Flotilla in 2010 which was intercepted by Israeli commandos in international waters en route […]

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ICC investigating Israel’s attack on Gaza Freedom Flotilla | #MaviMarmara

An Israeli speedboat escorts the Mavi Marmara near the port of Ashdod on May 31, 2010. PressTV | Wed May 15, 2013 2:32AM GMT On May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos attacked the first Freedom Flotilla in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea, killing nine Turkish citizens, including a teenager with Turkish-US dual citizenship, on board […]

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Hamas denounces Kerry call to delay Erdogan visit

Maan News Agency | April 22, 2013 GAZA CITY (AFP) — The Hamas rulers of Gaza on Sunday slammed US Secretary of State John Kerry for urging the Turkish prime minister to delay a visit to the coastal territory. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri accused Kerry and president Mahmoud Abbas — who met in Istanbul […]

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After Bibi’s Apology, Reflect on the Idiocy of Attacking the Gaza Flotilla ~ by Uri Avnery

Antiwar.com | by Uri Avnery, March 30, 2013 So, finally our Prime Minister has apologized to Turkey for “operational mistakes” that “might have” led to the death of nine Turks during the attack on MV Mavi Marmara, the ship which tried to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza. It took him two years and ten […]

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Zoabi to Netanyahu: Apologize for blockading Gaza

[ PIC 23/03/2013 – 11:22 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Hanin Zoabi, the Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, has said that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology to Turkey over the deadly attack on Mavi Marmara ship was not enough. She said in press statement that apology was not enough as long as “we are talking […]

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South Africa launches investigation into the attack on the Mavi Marmara

[ PIC 25/12/2012 – 07:57 PM ] ISTANBUL, (PIC)– The Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation announced that the Republic of South Africa has launched an investigation into the case of the Mavi Marmara ship, attacked by Israeli forces in 2010. The investigation is to be launched at the request submitted in 2011 by lawyers of journalist […]

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#MaviMarmara | Top Israeli officials accused of deadly attack on Mavi Marmara tried in Gaza

[ PIC 14/11/2012 – 10:19 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Turkish relief foundation IHH held on Tuesday a mock trial against top Israeli officials charged with being responsible for the deadly attack on Mavi Marmara aid ship in May 2010. A replica of the international court of justice was held in Rashad Shawa cultural center […]

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#MaviMarmara | Turkey tries Israeli top brass in absentia over flotilla raid (updated)

Continuous updates below this post To follow live updates from the trial follow on twitter: Click here for Live Broadcast in Turkish Prosecutors at Istanbul court are seeking life sentences for four Israeli ex-military chiefs over deadly maritime assault in Mediterranean Sea. Middle East Online | Nov 6, 2012 | Ceren KUMOVA – ISTANBUL, Turkey […]

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#Flotilla | Family Of Marmara Victims File Lawsuit Against Israel

Al Qassam Website | 06-10-2012,10:20 Turkey – The Turkish Hurriyet Daily reported that 33 family members of Turkish citizens who were shot and killed by the Israeli army when Israel attacked the Mavi Marmara solidarity ship that was heading to Gaza in 2010, filed on October 5 a lawsuit against Israel demanding compensation. The families […]

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#Flotilla | Israel won’t allow flotilla to approach Gaza Strip

Mohammed Mar’i | Saudi Gazette | Last Updated : Monday, October 01, 2012 1:05 AM RAMALLAH — The Israeli foreign ministry announced that Israel will not allow a new flotilla to approach Gaza Strip to break Israel’s sea blockade. The ministry said in a statement that Israel was in contact with the governments whose citizens […]

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Erdogan renews his rejection to restore relations with Israel | #MaviMarmara

[ PIC 18/09/2012 – 09:59 AM ] ISTANBUL, (PIC)– Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his rejection to restore his country’s relations with the Zionist entity, refusing mediation by a U.S. businessman in this regard. Turkish newspaper “al-Shafak al-Jadid” reported that Erdogan met, in the capital Ankara, Ronald Lauder, a Jewish-American businessman who offered […]

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American student shot dead by Israel “deserved” to die says Guardian’s Joshua Treviño ~ by @aliabunimah

Electronic Intifada | Ali Abunimah on Mon, 08/20/2012 – 22:45 “There are some Americans we’re better off without. Furkan Dogan is one of them.” – The Guardian’s Joshua Treviño on 3 June 2010. Today, despite the uproar over his incitement to murder Americans, Joshua Treviño was allowed to debut his new regular column at The […]

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