Tag: Gaza flotilla raid

Zoabi was questioned along with about 35 other members of the Balad party.

Israel conveyed the message that it has no interest in the Erdoğan-controlled Turkey, and that it is ceasing its efforts to normalize relations.

After the ship arrived at Ashdod, the passengers were transferred for further treatment by Israeli officials.

The relations between the two countries were severed following the 2010 Gaza flotilla.

The Zaytouna Captain is US Army retired Colonel Ann Wright, who resigned from the US government in 2003, over her objection to the Bush Administration's foreign policy.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said earlier this month that Jerusalem had met all of Ankara’s preconditions for normalizing ties, which were degraded in 2010.

The current president of the İHH, Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım, has been under investigation by specially authorized prosecutors in Istanbul and Diyarbakır for financing al-Qaeda through his organization.

The Israeli security cabinet approved a reconciliation deal with Turkey on Wednesday by a vote of 7-3.

Doğan wrote in his diary, “It is the last hours to martyrdom, insha’Allah [God willing]. I am wondering if there is a more beautiful thing."

The pathetic failure of the Marianne to reach Gaza is the best thing that has happened to Israel since Hamas mis-fired a rocket on its own civilians.

A Swedish trawler has become the lead vessel for a new flotilla attempt to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.