The U.S. embassy warned Americans to avoid demonstrations this weekend marking \”Nakba Day,\” when Palestinians and Israeli Arabs mark commemorate their losses in Israel\’s Independence War.
George Mitchell, President Obama\’s envoy to Israeli-Arab peace talks, is stepping down from the post.
A bipartisan slate of U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers urged Turkey to do what it could to prevent another flotilla from reaching the Gaza Strip. The letter sent Wednesday to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and spearheaded by Reps. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) and Tom Cole (R-Ok.) and signed by 36 members noted reports that the same Turkey-based organization that organized the May 2010 flotilla was planning another.
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