The crisis in the relationship between Israel and Turkey reached a head following the IDF raid on the flotilla to Gaza at the end of last May, during which nine IHH activists were killed. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
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After the Flotilla: A Survey of the Regional and Local Situation
The following article is taken from the quarterly report by Yacov Ben Efrat, General Secretary of the Organization for Democratic Action (Da’am), to the ODA’s Central Committee on July 25, 2010. The international reaction to the killing of nine activists…
Guide to Ending the Siege of Gaza
The IDF takeover of the Turkish humanitarian flotilla has shaken everything up. Israel finds itself blockaded too: an unprecedented international diplomatic siege. An apparently local incident lacking any military or political importance has turned into an entanglement of far-reaching strategic…
After the Flotilla of Blood: No More Excuses for Israel
Israel’s attempt to divert argument away from its blockade on Gaza, and over to the resistance that its troops encountered while attacking the Blue Marmara, is futile and grotesque. Let’s suppose for a moment that its commandos were attacked, as…