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Istanbul – PNN – The United Nations Human Rights Council’s international independent fact-finding mission of high-level experts looking into the Gaza flotilla incident on 31 May is visiting Turkey and Jordan to interview witnesses and government officials. The Israeli navy attacked the aid flotilla for Gaza while sailing in international water on May. nine aid [...] By Dr Saeb Shaath – Palestinians have refused to surrender. The Collective Punishment unleashed on them by the combined might of Israel and the United States has failed to crush the extraordinary resistance mounted by the Palestinian people. Regardless of the unconscionable suffering and desolation that Palestinians continue to endure as a result of Collective [...] Tall Aviv –PNN- Israel agreed to return the Turkish ships it captured during the deadly Gaza Flotilla Raid. Israel killed nine activists in international water on May 31 and will now face a lawsuit for its actions. Israel faced international condemnation for its violent actions against the humanitarian-aid carrying flotilla earlier this summer. The ships [...] The President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Ambassador Sihasak Phuangketkeow on Friday appointed three pre-eminent experts to an independent international fact-finding mission to investigate violations of international law, including humanitarian and human rights law, resulting from the Israeli attacks on the flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian assistance on 31 May. Ambassador Phuangketkeow [...] Bethlehem – PNN – The Turkish NGO IHH, organizer of the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza in May, announced that the efforts to sent supplies to Gaza would continue Bulent Yildirim, the leader of IHH, stated at a conference in Instanbul: “More flotillas will head to Gaza in the coming month, and additional convoys by land. [...] More than 30 journalists from the violently intercepted flotilla that was on the way to gaza in May 2010 are planning to sue Israel for violating international law.Cevdet Kulclar was one of the journalists on board of the Mavi Marmara and was killed during the raid. Besides this the passports, credit cards and equipment of [...] Israel – PNN – The United Nations Human Rights Council has established a committee to investigate Israel's attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. The committee is headed by former International Criminal Court President Philippe Kirsch. Kirsch is a Canadian lawyer with past experience in investigating war crimes and acts of maritime terrorism.The decision to set [...] Tal Aviv – PNN – Justice Jacob Turkel, the head of the Israeli investigation committee on the Flotilla attack , threatened to resign unless his powers were increased, which had widened the scope of the inquiry into Israel's deadly raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla. The attack on the Gaza flotilla in international waters last [...] Jerusalem – PNN – The Turkel Committee's investigation into Israel's attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla began on Monday in Jerusalem. Members of the committee met to create guidelines, schedule hearings, and determine the extent to which international observers will be allowed to participate in the committee's proceedings. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the [...] |
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