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Israel Sends Out Video Mocking Gaza Aid Flotilla

Then immediately apologizes, says it's not official

(Newser) - The Israeli government circulated, and then immediately apologized for, a video mocking the activists aboard the Gaza aid flotilla this weekend. A spoof of "We Are the World" titled “We Con the World,” the video shows people dressed in vaguely Arab garb singing lyrics like, “We...

Israeli Navy Kills 4 Palestinian Divers

Men in diving suits off Gaza coast were plotting attack, military says

(Newser) - Israel's navy killed four Palestinian militants in diver suits off the coast of Gaza early today in the first violence at sea since a deadly raid against an international flotilla last week. Military officials say an attack on Israeli targets was prevented when a naval force spotted Palestinians in diving...

Israel Deports Rachel Corrie Activists

Gaza protesters quietly sent packing

(Newser) - Israel has deported six of the 19 activists who tried to breach its naval blockade of Gaza, and plans to fly the rest out today, reports the BBC. Israel's quiet handling of the activists aboard the Rachel Corrie stands in marked contrast to its earlier shootout with a Turkish-based...

Israelis Seize Gaza-Bound Irish Aid Ship

Forces encounter no resistance from activists

(Newser) - Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid vessel without meeting resistance yesterday, preventing it from breaking an Israeli maritime blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory days after a similar effort turned bloody. The military said its forces boarded the 1,200-ton Rachel Corrie from the sea, not helicopters. Army spokeswoman Lt. Col....

Irish Aid Ship Braces for Showdown With Israel

Stocks up on cameras to beam out satellite images

(Newser) - An Irish aid ship bound for Gaza has changed course and headed for port so it can stock up on video cameras and satellite transmission equipment before its inevitable confrontation with the Israeli Navy, a Free Gaza activist tells CNN . They're hoping that Israeli soldiers will behave if they know...

Netanyahu: Gaza Ship Activists 'Wanted to Die'

White House to call for halt to blockade

(Newser) - Some of the pro-Palestinian activists killed by Israeli commandos on an aid flotilla to Gaza wanted to die to become "martyrs" for their cause, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu insisted yesterday. This "was not the Love Boat," but an operation "directed by terrorists," he added....

Israel to Deport All Flotilla Activists by Day's End

Officials think better of earlier plans to prosecute

(Newser) - All of the nearly 700 activists detained in a deadly raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip will be deported by the end of the day, says Israel's attorney general. Israel has decided not to prosecute any of the activists, despite official comments earlier that they were...

Israel: We're Not Sorry
 Israel: We're Not Sorry 
Jun 2, 2010 6:00 AM CDT

Israel: We're Not Sorry

New flotilla en route to Gaza

(Newser) - Amid harsh international criticism of its deadly raid on a humanitarian aid ship headed to Gaza, Israel took a hard line yesterday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the raid and said Israel will continue its Gaza blockade. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon declared: "We do not need to apologize...

Egypt Opens Gaza Crossing

 Egypt Opens Gaza Crossing  
Israeli airstrike kills 3
Jun 1, 2010 9:48 AM CDT

Egypt Opens Gaza Crossing

Sympathy move after Israeli attack on aid flotilla

(Newser) - An Islamic militant group in the Gaza Strip says three of its members have been killed in an Israeli airstrike today in northern Gaza. The Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad says the fighters were killed shortly after firing rockets into southern Israel; Israeli authorities say the rockets landed in open areas and...

New Ships Headed to Gaza to Challenge Blockade

Hundreds of protesters detained in Israel

(Newser) - A fresh challenge to Israel's naval blockade is already heading towards Gaza, says the co-founder of the Free Gaza Movement. Greta Berlin says a cargo ship is en route to Gaza from Italy and a boat carrying dozens of passengers is expected to join it. Israel says 50 of the...

UN Calls for Probe Into Israeli Raid on Aid Ship

Israel releases video baring confrontation

(Newser) - The UN Security Council has called for an immediate investigation into the deadly Israeli raid on an aid ship headed to Gaza, and is demanding the release of all civilian activists arrested on board. At least 10 pro-Palestinian protesters, most of them Turkish, were killed when troops stormed a ship...

Netanyahu Races Home, Bails on Obama Meeting

Israeli PM confronts fallout from deadly raid

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu has cut short a visit to Canada and canceled a planned meeting with President Obama to return to Israel in the wake of this morning's deadly raid on aid-laden ships bound for Gaza . The Israeli PM "realized that he had to be there in order to manage...

10 Killed as Israelis Storm Gaza Aid Ships

Dozens of mostly Turkish protesters injured

(Newser) - At least 10 pro-Palestinian activists were killed and dozens injured early today when Israeli troops stormed ships laden with aid for Gaza. The troops clashed with some 600 mostly Turkish protesters who confronted soldiers attempting to halt the 6-ship flotilla in international waters. The convoy was attempting to deliver aid...

Israelis Hit Gaza After Donkey Bomb Fizzles

15 injured in strikes retaliating for militant attacks

(Newser) - Fifteen people were injured when Israeli jets pounded the Gaza Strip overnight in retaliation for militant strikes involving a rocket, mortars—and a donkey. A Syrian-backed militant group claimed responsibility for the "donkey bomb" attack, in which a donkey cart carrying 400 pounds of dynamite was detonated near the...

Israeli Air Strikes Pound Gaza
 Israeli Air Strikes Pound Gaza 
Apr 2, 2010 6:16 AM CDT

Israeli Air Strikes Pound Gaza

Worst attacks in year follow US peace push

(Newser) - Israel pounded Hamas-controlled Gaza with at least 13 air strikes early today just weeks after the White House launched a new peace effort in the Mideast. Four of the missile attacks occurred near a town where two Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes last week with Palestinian fighters. Israelis dropped...

Israel Strikes Gaza After 'Barrel Bombs' Wash Up

Militants claim responsibility for explosives-laden barrels

(Newser) - Israeli jets fired on tunnels along Gaza's border with Egypt yesterday, the day after two explosive-laden barrels washed up on Israeli beaches. Israeli authorities have closed a a 25-mile stretch of coastline north of Gaza indefinitely while they search for more barrel bombs. "We are not taking any chances,...

Israel to Erect Egypt Border Wall

Netanyahu: We'll preserve our 'Jewish, democratic' character

(Newser) - Israel plans to build a wall along its border with Egypt in a bid to stem the flow of migrants and militants. The $270 million structure will block two main routes along the frontier and use advanced surveillance equipment. "This is a strategic decision to secure Israel's Jewish and...

Israel, Hamas Close to Schalit Prisoner Swap Deal

Hamas will have to deport some of 1,000 freed prisoners

(Newser) - A deal to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for Sgt. Gilad Schalit, the 23-year-old Israeli who's been held by Hamas for 3 1/2 years, appears close after a whirlwind of negotiations between Hamas and the Israeli government. After a late-night session, Israel has reportedly replied to a Hamas offer conveyed...

UK Issues War Crimes Warrant for Israeli...

...but takes it back when it turns out that Tzipi Livni isn't visiting

(Newser) - A British court issued an arrest warrant against former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Sunday, at the behest of victims of Israel’s Gaza attack. But the warrant was quickly rescinded when the court realized Livni had abandoned plans to visit the UK to attend a conference that day, the...

Egypt Builds Steel Barrier to Stop Gaza Smugglers

Wall along border will extend 100 feet down to block tunnels

(Newser) - Egypt has begun work on a gigantic steel wall that will run along and under its border with the Gaza Strip in an effort to curb smuggling. The 6-mile wall will extend up to 100 feet underground, in an effort to close off the tunnels smugglers often use to avoid...

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