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Israeli Probe Finds Turkish Ship Takeover Was Legal

JERUSALEM – An Israeli probe into its country's raid on an aid ship bound for Gaza last May has found that Israeli soldiers acted in self-defense. Nine Turkish citizens, one of them a dual American citizen, were killed in fighting aboard the ship, the Mavi Marmara. The Israeli investigation also found that Israel's...

Caterpillar Delays Bulldozer Shipments to Israel During Rachel Corrie Trial

(Oct. 26) -- Caterpillar, the Illinois-headquartered construction and farming equipment company, has said it will delay shipments of D9 bulldozers to Israel during the Rachel Corrie trial. Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist from Washington state, was killed by an Israeli Defense Forces soldier who ran over her while...

Israel Intercepts Jewish Aid Boat Headed to Gaza

(Sept. 28) -- Israeli warships intercepted a Jewish aid vessel off Gaza today as it tried to deliver medical goods and toys in defiance of an Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory. The British-flagged ship Irene left Cyprus on Sunday, carrying nine Jewish activists from the U.S., Britain, Germany and Israel, on a...

UN Slams Israeli 'Brutality' Against Gaza Flotilla

(Sept. 23) -- A United Nations panel has decried what it calls Israel's "brutality" against a Gaza aid flotilla in the spring, calling the deadly raid against pro-Palestinian activists "disproportionate" and in violation of international law. The Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council issued its report Wednesday on the...

Bombs, Blockades and Joblessness Hamper Gaza's Economy

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Sept. 18) -- Abu Jihad didn't seem too concerned about the Israeli spy drones circling overhead as he showed the entrance to his smuggling tunnel that stretches more than half a mile 75 feet below the Gaza-Egypt border. He didn't flinch as the sound in the sky grew into the unmistakable roar of an...

Background on gaza blockade

The blockade of the Gaza Strip refers to a land, air, and sea blockade on the Gaza Strip by Israel and Egypt since June 2007, a more severe version of restrictions which began in 2001. Israel eased the blockade for non-military goods in June 2010, and Egypt reopened the Rafah border crossing in 2011 for persons.

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