As increasing numbers of pro-Palestinian activists try to break the blockade of Gaza, McCarthy’s argument is worth exploring. Are these flotillas legal… Continue reading
Articles recently appeared in the Turkish press (primarily the opposition newspapers) critical of the MV Mavi Marmara flotilla and its outcome. Some raised the question of… Continue reading
Reports continue to be received of intentions to dispatch aid flotillas to the Gaza Strip. As Hamas strengthens and entrenches its control over the Gaza Strip and continues its military buildup… Continue reading
The film, produced by the Eiland Team of Experts, breaks down the events of the flotilla using a timeline that alternates between 3D models and footage… Continue reading
Yasser Qashlaq, chairman of the Free Palestine Movement and organizer of the Lebanese flotilla to the Gaza Strip, said the ships would leave within a few days… Continue reading
What is the legality of the blockade and did Israel’s intervention breach international law? Israel has said it will continue a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip despite… Continue reading
Most of the Mavi Marmara activists belonged to IHH or Turkish local networks affiliated with IHH, most probably Islamist by nature. That conclusion supports a similar conclusion… Continue reading
There are other initiatives to organize aid flotillas and convoys to the Gaza Strip, some of which plan to transfer the goods through Egypt… Continue reading
A Libyan charitable society headed by the son of Muammar Gaddafi organized an aid ship to the Gaza Strip. It set sail on July 10 and is expected to… Continue reading
The violent nature of the flotilla and the events on board the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara would not have been a surprise if someone had connected the dots before the takeover… Continue reading
Israel will never apologize for defending its citizens. Of course, we regret the loss of life, but it was not the Israeli side that initiated the violence… Continue reading
A week after top Turkish and Israeli officials held a “secret meeting” over the flotilla crisis, Turkey has renewed its warning to Israel that ties between the once-allies would be cut if… Continue reading
More flotillas to the Gaza Strip were being organized accompanied by intensive propaganda, although it is not clear which will actually sail… Continue reading
Since 2007, Israel has maintained a legal maritime blockade around Gaza. Gaza is a territory ruled by a known terrorist organization — Hamas — whose explicitly stated goal is the elimination of Israel… Continue reading
Since the violent confrontation aboard the ship Mavi Marmara, a great deal of information accumulated making it possible to identify the nine Turkish nationals killed in the confrontation, as well as to analyze their affiliation and political and ideological… Continue reading
The Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday released the new guidelines for the Gaza blockade. The government will make a new list of products that may not be imported into Gaza… Continue reading
“The Muslim Brotherhood will never recognize Israel or abandon the resistance and its support of Al-Aqsa mosque, regardless of the pressure, and the rescue of Jerusalem, restoration of Arab honor and preventing the turning of Palestine into a new Andalusia… Continue reading
In this footage, taken on board the Mavi Marmari on 30May2010, IHH leader Bulent Yildirim clearly instructs his followers to throw the Israeli commandos overboard when they land on the ship… Continue reading
Since the seizure of the Gaza Flotilla by the IDF, there’s a lot of debate going on about the legal issues of the (naval) blockade of Gaza and the raid on the Freedom Gaza Flotilla. Was the raid on the… Continue reading
The videotaped statements of two Mavi Marmara crew members show that preparations for a violent confrontation with IDF forces were put in motion about two hours before the boarding began… Continue reading
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad assured Turkish leaders that the vessels due to enter the disputed waters within days will not shrink from a head-on clash with Israel’s Navy and Air Force exclusion forces… Continue reading
IHH had links to global jihad and Islamic terrorist networks in the past and assisted jihadist terrorist cells in many countries, including Bosnia, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Chechnya. IHH provided mainly logistic support for transporting weapons and funding… Continue reading
Footage from an adjacent ship shows the Israeli Navy soldiers boarding the Rachel Corrie ship by sea, without incident. The soldiers approach in a small vessel and climb the flotilla ship’s ladder… Continue reading
IDF navy forces boarded and took control of the MV Rachel Corrie Saturday afternoon. The troops did not meet any resistance from activists attempting to break the Gaza blockade, and the operation was completed without… Continue reading
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Turkey’s Brinkmanship Against Israel
The Gaza Flotilla was a well-calculated stunt by Turkey’s Islamist AKP government to punish Israel, not only for the Islamists’ inherent hatred for Israel and Jews, but also for Israel’s past… Continue reading