All nine protesters killed aboard a Gaza-bound Turkish ship carrying weapons-wielding activists are believed to be Turkish nationals backed by the IHH, an Islamist Turkish group connected to global jihad networks.
The incident occurred after Navy personnel attempted to stop the ship from illegally entering Gaza and were attacked by...
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Flotilla passengers backed by global jihad group
Gaza backgrounder: Humanitarian aid, imports and conditions
IDF forces unloaded the humanitarian cargo from the Gaza flotilla on Tuesday and transfered the aid into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing.
An average of 10,000 tons of aid are imported into the Gaza Strip weekly in coordination with international organizations through the land crossings from Israel.
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Flotilla commando: ‘I saw the tip of a rifle’
Our Navy commandos fell right into the hands of the Gaza mission members. A few minutes before the takeover attempt aboard the Marmara got underway, the operation commander was told that 20 people were waiting on the deck where a helicopter was to deploy the first team of the...
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IDF releases aerial footage of onboard clash
BREAKING NEWS – The IDF has released an aerial video from this morning’s predawn clash between Navy forces and demonstrators taking part in the flotilla from Istanbul to Gaza.
The footage shows various acts of violence against soldiers boarding the Mavi Marmara using metal poles, firebombs, tear gas, pepper spray,...
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Hariri: Flotilla clash will inflame the region
BREAKING NEWS - Dozens of protestors arrived at the Kalandiya Checkpoint north of Jerusalem in protest of the death of at least 10 participants in the Gaza-bound flotilla that clashed with Israeli Navy forces this morning.
IDF forces were reportedly dispatched to the area. There have been no reports of...
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Air Force bombs Gaza tunnel
Overnight, the Israel Air Force struck a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip, which the IDF says was dug to infiltrate into Israel and execute terror attacks against soldiers and civilians.
The strike came in response to the two Qassam rockets fired at Israel on Saturday evening.
One the...
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Hamas terrorists were at Gaza flotilla launch
While the organizers of the Gaza-bound flotilla present themselves as human rights advocates whose sole aim is to assist the people of Gaza, a new report reveals the group’s cooperation with radical extremists and human rights violators.
According to a report by the Intelligence & ...
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A response to Peter Beinart
OPINION - Peter Beinart's "The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment" in last week's New York Review of Books is an important piece – important in the same way as John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt's 2006 screed "The Israeli Lobby": It will be widely quoted and pernicious in effect.
Beinart...
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My journey from attempted murder to non-violent resistance
As a Palestinian Arab from Hizme, a village located between Jerusalem and Ramallah, my life growing up was very different to that of the Jewish children who lived nearby. Rather than playing on the streets, I was listening to stories about the homeland - Palestine - hearing reports of...
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Palestinians to protest Route 443 opening
On Friday, residents of the Palestinian villages along Road 443 will hold a motorcade on the day of the road’s court-ordered opening to protest limited access given to Palestinians.
According to the High Court ruling, Route 443 must be opened to Palestinians. The Defense Ministry has spent tens of millions...
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Rahm Emanuel extends White House invitation
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel extended an invitation to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to visit the White House next week, during a visit to Jerusalem to celebrate the bar mitzvahs of his son and his nephew.
Obama "has asked me to extend an invitation to you to come...
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