A Gaza humanitarian convoy that includes passengers who survived a previous fatal flotilla incident will set sail Sunday in an attempt to deliver aid for Palestinians, organizers said. The Viva Palestina convoy, hailed by organizers as the largest convoy to break the Gaza embargo, has already traveled 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) by road from England. […]
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UN fact-finding mission: Israelis executed American citizen
September 28, 2010The report of the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla shows conclusively that US citizen Furkan Dogan and five Turkish citizens were murdered execution-style by Israeli commandos. The report reveals that Dogan, a 19-year-old US citizen of Turkish descent, […]
UN report condemns Israel for Gaza flotilla killings
September 24, 2010A UN report, compiled by three United Nations appointed human rights experts, determines that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, killing nine activists, earlier this year. The UN Human Rights Council’s fact-finding mission concluded that Israel’s naval blockade of the Palestinian territory was unlawful because of the humanitarian crisis […]
Helen Thomas retires in wake of Israel controversy
June 7, 2010Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas announced Monday that she is retiring, effective immediately, in the wake of a controversy over her comments on Israel, according to a report from her employer, Hearst News Service. Thomas told a rabbi at a White House event last week that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” […]
