Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Turkish journalists that Israel has \”no reason to apologize\” for the Mavi Marmara incident.
Some 50 nongovernmental organizations called on Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Israel\’s State Comptroller issued a report highly critical of the government\’s handling of the Mavi Marmara Turkish aid flotilla to Gaza in 2010.
Thousands of Turks in Istanbul rallied against Israel Thursday, marking the second anniversary of an Israel Defense Forces raid on the Mavi Marmara ship that was part of a flotilla that claimed to be carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza.
A Turkish criminal court accepted indictments against the four top Israeli commanders who led the 2010 raid on the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara ship.
Turkish government prosecutors have completed their investigation into the incident aboard the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara in 2010.
Turkey blocked the participation of Israel in next month\’s NATO Summit in Chicago, a Turkish newspaper reported.\n
Israel\’s attorney general has closed the case against Israelis who participated in the 2010 Gaza flotilla.
The head of Australian Jewry scolded a left-wing parliamentarian who demanded that an Australian member of a Gaza-bound flotilla be immediately released.
Several Israeli government websites crashed on Sunday in what appeared to be a cyber-attack by hackers. The websites of the IDF, Mossad and the Shin Bet security services were among the sites that went down, as well as several government portals and ministries.
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