UN Calls for End to Gaza Blockade
A top UN official says Israel’s attacks on ships carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip is an "opportunity" to push Israel into lifting the blockade on the coastal sliver. Nine people died last week […]
Month: June 2010
‘Kill a Turk and Rest’: But Israel Keeps on Going
By Uri Avnery On the high seas, outside territorial waters, the ship was stopped by the navy. The commandos stormed it. Hundreds of people on the deck resisted, the soldiers used force. Some of the […]
Flotilla Reporter Reveals Attack Details
A recently-freed Press TV correspondent has revealed new details about an attack by Israeli commandos against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla aid convoy. In an exclusive interview with Press TV on Saturday, Hassan Ghani said Israeli […]
From USS Liberty to Freedom Flotilla
By William A. Cook ‘We do not need to apologize for defending ourselves. The armada of hate and violence is merely one manifestation of the constant provocation Israel faces.’ — (Danny Ayalon, Deputy Foreign Minister […]
Israeli Troops Board Gaza Aid Ship
Israeli soldiers have boarded a Gaza-bound aid ship and forced it to head towards the Israeli port of Ashdod instead. The Israeli military in a statement said troops boarded MV Rachel Corrie on Saturday after […]
Israel Intercepts New Gaza Aid Ship
The Israeli Navy has intercepted a new Gaza-bound aid ship Rachel Corrie following its earlier attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, pro-Palestinian activists say. "They are being followed," Greta Berlin of the Free Gaza group […]
Flotilla Activists ‘Shot 30 Times’
Autopsies on bodies of activists killed in Israel’s attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla five days ago have revealed that the victims were shot multiple times at close range. Britain’s Guardian newspaper quoted Yalcin Buyuk, […]
Israeli PM Threatens New Gaza Aid Boat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to halt a boat which is trying to reach the Gaza Strip after Israeli troops attacked an aid convoy earlier this week. An Irish aid boat, the MV […]
Another Aid Ship on Way to Gaza
Malaysia’s government has urged Israel not to take any action that could harm people aboard a Malaysian-funded Irish aid ship, now heading to Gaza. The MV Rachel Corrie is carrying 11 activists, including Mairead Corrigan, […]
Turkey Will ‘Never Forgive’ Israel
The Turkish president has said that Israel’s military raid on civilian aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip has caused "irreparable" damage to his country’s relations with Israel, and will "never" be forgiven. "From now […]
Moroccans Aboard Aid Convoy Freed
Four of the seven Moroccans on a Gaza-bound flotilla aid convoy that was attacked by the Israeli commandos last week have been released. On Thursday, one of the four Moroccans, Abdelkader Amara, a deputy belonging […]
PA Granted Passport to Flotilla Crew
In a move to appreciate the struggles for exposing the realities behind Israeli occupation, the Palestinian Authority has granted Palestinian nationality to all the activists in the Flotilla. The Chief of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud […]
In Israel, Gaza Activist under Pressure
The Israeli interior minister has urged revocation of the Israeli citizenship of a Knesset member because of her presence on a Gaza-bound aid convoy. Haneen Zuabi, a Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset, was among […]
Israel Dismisses UNHRC Flotilla Probe
Israel has dismissed a decision by the UN Human Rights Council to launch a probe into its deadly attack on an aid convoy, calling the UN body of no moral authority. "The authority of this […]
Sea Blockade of Gaza Was ‘Temporary’ – 15 Years Ago
By Stuart Littlewood – London I must have got it all wrong. I thought the first duty of a government was to protect its citizens from assault while going about their lawful business. "There is […]
Mitchell Warns of Peace Talks Halt
US Middle East envoy George Mitchell has warned that the Israel’s attack on Freedom Flotilla should not hinder the prospect of peace talks. "The tragedy… cannot be allowed to spiral out of control and undermine […]
Rachel Corrie Returns – A Poem
By Richard Jones If you once thoughtthat when you crushed her bonesand stopped her mouth with sand and stonemurder would bring silence,then think again. If you once countedon distance in time and spaceto wear away […]
Anti-Israeli Rallies Continue Worldwide
Demonstrators across the world continue to hold protests condemning Israel’s fatal attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy that left several peace activists dead. In Spain, hundreds of protesters took into streets of the northern Spanish […]
A Call to Conscience, in the Name of Humanity
By Susan Abulhawa In yet another of Israel’s ‘operations’ against unarmed civilians, Israel went at least 50 miles into international waters and boarded a global humanitarian flotilla from the Free Gaza Movement, which was carrying […]
‘Mad Dog’ Diplomacy: Cornered Israel Baring Its Teeth
By Jonathan Cook – Nazareth Moshe Dayan, Israel’s most celebrated general, famously outlined the strategy he believed would keep Israel’s enemies at bay: “Israel must be a like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother.” Until now, […]
Turkey Flies Home Flotilla Wounded
Turkey has begun a large-scale operation to bring home people injured in the Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla and Turkish citizens detained after the incident. Ankara had warned Tel Aviv on Tuesday to […]
Israeli PM: Israel Will Never Apologize
The Israeli prime minister has defended the deadly attack on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla and says Israel will never apologize for the incident. The Israeli military attacked the Freedom Flotilla in international waters in the […]
Flotilla Journalist Describes Ordeal
A Press TV journalist detained on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla describes mistreatment of activists detained on the aid convoy and his own ordeal in Israeli custody. Still suffering a lack of sleep, Hassan Ghani explained […]
What Qualifies a State for ‘Rogue’ Status?
By Joseph Levine As I write this, not all the facts are in. For the most part we’ve only heard Israel’s version of the events surrounding the killing of peace activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla […]
Israel’s New Initiative: Barbarism at Sea
By Stephen Lendman On May 31, under cover of darkness, Israeli commandos conducted a premeditated act of state terrorism against civilian aid activists trying to deliver thousands of tons of essential to life aid to […]
Israel Deports Aid Activists
The Israeli government has deported to Jordan more than 100 activists seized from the Gaza aid flotilla, and has promised to release the rest of the detainees within 48 hours. Those freed were mostly from […]
Turkish Prime Minister’s Speech on Israeli Attack on Aid Flotilla
By Recep Tayyip Erdogan Today I do not only want to speak to my dear people but to all of humanity. I want to call to the conscience and hearts and minds of the whole […]
Sad Saga of Sanctioning State Murder
By Jamaal Long The tragic events that unfolded on the Mavi Marmara marks another chapter in the harrowing tale of Israel and Palestine’s on-going conflict. The attack left at least 10 civilians dead and several […]
After the Flotilla: What’s Obama’s Next Step?
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. There is an Arab saying that best describes Israel’s murderous campaign against the aid-loaded ‘Freedom Flotilla’ that was heading to the besieged Gaza Strip, where some 1.5 million Palestinians […]
