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Women-Led Flotilla Sails From Barcelona To Break Gaza Blockade
Some 20 women of different nationalities set sail for the Gaza Strip from Barcelona on Wednesday evening, in the latest attempt to break a crippling blockade imposed by Israel.
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Israel Deports Tunisia Ex-President After Halting Gaza Bid
Israel has deported Tunisian ex-president Moncef Marzouki and European parliament member Ana Miranda after they took part in a flotilla seeking to defy its Gaza blockade, an official said.
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Israel Blocks Foreign Activist Flotilla From Reaching Gaza
Israeli forces boarded a boat leading a protest flotilla of foreign activists to the blockaded Palestinian enclave of Gaza on Monday and forced it to sail to an Israeli port, the Israeli military said.
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Israel Navy Seizes Ship Seeking to Break Gaza Blockade: Army
Israeli naval forces boarded and took over an activist vessel seeking to break the Gaza blockade, and were escorting it to an Israeli port early today, the military said, saying that the navy did not use force.
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Outrage in Israel as Arab Member of Parliament Says to Join Gaza Flotilla
An announcement by an Arab Israeli lawmaker that he plans to join a pro-Palestinian flotilla seeking to break Israel's blockade on Gaza caused an outrage today among the country's political class.
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Outrage in Israel as Arab Member of Parliament Says to Join Gaza Flotilla
An announcement by an Arab Israeli lawmaker that he plans to join a pro-Palestinian flotilla seeking to break Israel's blockade on Gaza caused outrage today among the country's political class.
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Turkish Activists Say New Flotilla to Challenge Israeli Blockade of Gaza
A Turkish aid group said on Monday it would send a new flotilla of ships to break Israel's siege of Gaza, four years after the deadly storming of its vessel by Israeli commandos.
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Israeli inquiry: Flotilla interception was legal
An Israeli inquiry commission defended the actions of the country's troops during last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound protest flotilla sailing from Turkey, finding in a report released Sunday that Israel had not violated international law.While offering some criticism of the way the takeover was planned, the commission's conclusions exonerated ...
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Gaza-bound flotilla returns to Istanbul
Thousands of pro-Palestinian activists on Sunday welcomed back to Istanbul the ship that was the scene of bloodshed during an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May.Activists meanwhile, promised to send more ships in an effort to break the Gaza blockade.Hundreds of balloons were released as the ship, Mavi Marmara, sailed into Istanbul's S...
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Israeli PM: Turkey looked for a fight on ship
Israel's prime minister defended the deadly commando raid on an international flotilla protesting the Gaza blockade in opening testimony before an internal inquiry commission Monday, and suggested Turkey had sought the violent confrontation on board.Benjamin Netanyahu told the commission that Ankara had rejected Israel's prior appeals to halt the f...
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Israel succumbs for UN probe into Gaza flotilla raid
Succumbing to an international investigation for its army's action for the first time, Israel on Monday agreed for a UN probe into the bloody May 31 raid by its commandos on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a development described by UN chief Ban Ki-moon as "unprecedented."Israeli naval commandos, airdropped on a Turkish aid ship deck to enforce their co...
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Israel ease curbs on 'civilian' goods into Gaza
Israel's cabinet on Sunday gave its approval to ease the three-year land blockade of the Gaza Strip to allow all "civilian" goods into the enclave in a bid to quell mounting international criticism following a bloody sea raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Hamas-run territory.
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Israeli raid on aid flotilla had 'serious defects': Probe
The bloody raid by Israel's naval commandos on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month suffered from "serious defects", including inadequate preparation and lack of sufficient intelligence, an internal probe has concluded.
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Lifting Gaza blockade risky: Militants have 5,000 rockets says Israeli security chief
A top Israeli security official is warning that lifting Israel's naval blockade of Gaza could pose a grave threat to the Jewish state.
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Gaza flotilla attack: Israel rejects Ban's call for global probe panel
Israel on Sunday rejected UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's call to establish an international panel of inquiry into its raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla last Monday that left nine people dead.
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Women-Led Flotilla Sails From Barcelona To Break Gaza Blockade
Some 20 women of different nationalities set sail for the Gaza Strip from Barcelona on Wednesday evening, in the latest attempt to break a crippling blockade imposed by Israel.
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Israel Deports Tunisia Ex-President After Halting Gaza Bid
Israel has deported Tunisian ex-president Moncef Marzouki and European parliament member Ana Miranda after they took part in a flotilla seeking to defy its Gaza blockade, an official said.
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Israel Blocks Foreign Activist Flotilla From Reaching Gaza
Israeli forces boarded a boat leading a protest flotilla of foreign activists to the blockaded Palestinian enclave of Gaza on Monday and forced it to sail to an Israeli port, the Israeli military said.
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Israel Navy Seizes Ship Seeking to Break Gaza Blockade: Army
Israeli naval forces boarded and took over an activist vessel seeking to break the Gaza blockade, and were escorting it to an Israeli port early today, the military said, saying that the navy did not use force.
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Outrage in Israel as Arab Member of Parliament Says to Join Gaza Flotilla
An announcement by an Arab Israeli lawmaker that he plans to join a pro-Palestinian flotilla seeking to break Israel's blockade on Gaza caused an outrage today among the country's political class.
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Outrage in Israel as Arab Member of Parliament Says to Join Gaza Flotilla
An announcement by an Arab Israeli lawmaker that he plans to join a pro-Palestinian flotilla seeking to break Israel's blockade on Gaza caused outrage today among the country's political class.
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Turkish Activists Say New Flotilla to Challenge Israeli Blockade of Gaza
A Turkish aid group said on Monday it would send a new flotilla of ships to break Israel's siege of Gaza, four years after the deadly storming of its vessel by Israeli commandos.
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Israeli inquiry: Flotilla interception was legal
An Israeli inquiry commission defended the actions of the country's troops during last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound protest flotilla sailing from Turkey, finding in a report released Sunday that Israel had not violated international law.While offering some criticism of the way the takeover was planned, the commission's conclusions exonerated ...
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Gaza-bound flotilla returns to Istanbul
Thousands of pro-Palestinian activists on Sunday welcomed back to Istanbul the ship that was the scene of bloodshed during an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May.Activists meanwhile, promised to send more ships in an effort to break the Gaza blockade.Hundreds of balloons were released as the ship, Mavi Marmara, sailed into Istanbul's S...
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Israeli PM: Turkey looked for a fight on ship
Israel's prime minister defended the deadly commando raid on an international flotilla protesting the Gaza blockade in opening testimony before an internal inquiry commission Monday, and suggested Turkey had sought the violent confrontation on board.Benjamin Netanyahu told the commission that Ankara had rejected Israel's prior appeals to halt the f...
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Israel succumbs for UN probe into Gaza flotilla raid
Succumbing to an international investigation for its army's action for the first time, Israel on Monday agreed for a UN probe into the bloody May 31 raid by its commandos on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a development described by UN chief Ban Ki-moon as "unprecedented."Israeli naval commandos, airdropped on a Turkish aid ship deck to enforce their co...
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Israel ease curbs on 'civilian' goods into Gaza
Israel's cabinet on Sunday gave its approval to ease the three-year land blockade of the Gaza Strip to allow all "civilian" goods into the enclave in a bid to quell mounting international criticism following a bloody sea raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Hamas-run territory.
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Israeli raid on aid flotilla had 'serious defects': Probe
The bloody raid by Israel's naval commandos on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month suffered from "serious defects", including inadequate preparation and lack of sufficient intelligence, an internal probe has concluded.
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Lifting Gaza blockade risky: Militants have 5,000 rockets says Israeli security chief
A top Israeli security official is warning that lifting Israel's naval blockade of Gaza could pose a grave threat to the Jewish state.
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Gaza flotilla attack: Israel rejects Ban's call for global probe panel
Israel on Sunday rejected UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's call to establish an international panel of inquiry into its raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla last Monday that left nine people dead.
