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Egypt To Withdraw Ambassador To Israel Over Ambush

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL and IAN DEITCH | Posted 10.19.2011

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CAIRO — Egypt said Saturday it will withdraw its ambassador from Israel to protest the deaths of Egyptian security forces in what it called a br...

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Israeli Army Chief: Turkish Activists Had Firearms, Fired First

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — More force should have been used to clear a ship's deck before the deadly May raid on a pro-Palestinian flotilla, Israel's army chie...

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Israel's Deadly Raid A Boon To Hamas, AP Says

AP | KARIN LAUB and IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel's interception of a flotilla trying to break the blockade of Gaza has been a boon to Hamas and vastly improved pr...

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Turkey Close To Severing Ties With Israel Over Flotilla Raid

AP | DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Flotilla Raid: Details Emerge Of Bloodshed Aboard Gaza-Bound Ship

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — At 4:30 a.m. from her perch on the bridge of a passenger ship in the Mediterranean Sea, Hanin Zoabi saw the first lights of fast-app...

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Is it Time to Rethink Human Rights?

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Saad Khan

What is the point of campaigning for human rights when there are serious human rights violations in your own backyard?

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Feinstein Calls For Inquiry Into Israeli Flotilla Raid

Congressional Quarterly | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a significant departure from most of her colleagues, Sen. Dianne Feinstein called Tuesday for an "impartial inquiry" into the Israeli commando raid...

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Mairead Corrigan, Nobel Peace Laureate, Defies Israeli Blockade

Posted 05.25.2011

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Irish Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Corrigan, who is among the 11 passengers on the MV Rachel Corrie, the Gaza-bound Irish aid ship that Israel h...

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Furkan Dogan, U.S. Citizen, Killed In Israeli Flotilla Raid

Posted 05.25.2011

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A U.S. citizen was among those killed in Israel's flotilla raid Monday, the AP reports. ABC News, quoting the Anatolian news agency, reports that Doga...

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Israel REJECTS International Probe Of Deadly Raid; Obama Administration Says It Urged Restraint

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM - Israel on Thursday rejected calls from the United Nations and others for an international investigation of its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound...

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Israeli Flotilla Raid VIDEO: More Mavi Marmara Footage Released By Israel

Posted 05.25.2011

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Israel's military released more video Wednesday of Monday's raid on a flotilla attempting to carry aid to Gaza that left nine dead. The video, uploade...

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Netanyahu: World 'hypocritical' for condemning Gaza flotilla raid

Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected international criticism of a deadly raid against a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza ...

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Thousands Gather In Chicago To Protest Israel's Raid On Gaza Aid Ship

HuffPost Eyes&Ears Local | Samira Said | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than 2,000 people - and a heavy police presence - crowded east Wacker Drive near the Consulate General of the Midwest to Israel for two hours Tue...

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US Woman Loses Eye After Being Hit During Anti-Israeli Raid Protest

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — An American woman has lost her eye during a demonstration in Jerusalem against Israel's naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, a hospita...

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Washington Post Journalists Repeat Israeli Claims as Fact

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sanjeev Bery

When journalists assume that they know what officials are thinking, they run the risk of being held captive to a government's talking points. The Washington Post's Scott Wilson and Laura Blumenfeld should bear this in mind.

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Turkish PM: Israeli Raid A 'Bloody Massacre'

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU and SUZAN FRASER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship has ignited unprecedented anger in Turkey and driven the Jewish state's relations...

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UN Security Council Members Demand Israel End Blockade

By EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 05.25.2011

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Monday on Israel's deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to...

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Israel Sending American Ex-Ambassador On Seized Ship Home, Wife Says

By SHARON THEIMER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former U.S. ambassador aboard a Gaza aid ship seized by Israel commandos is on his way home, his wife said Monday evening. Edwar...

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Israeli Raid: 'Bloody, Bungled Takeover' Deepens Israel's Isolation

Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's bloody, bungled takeover of a Gaza-bound Turkish aid vessel is complicating U.S.-led Mideast peace efforts, deepening Israe...

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