US lauds Israel’s list of items to be blocked from Gaza

Netanyahu to present Obama with details of new policy at White House; PM tells ministers focus will be initiating direct talks with PA.

Israel to hold own flotilla probe

Israel said an attack on proposed global test to reject the UN aid to Gaza after its fleet to investigate an assassination attempt last week to launch itself.

When a notice on Monday, the Israeli army said was a "group of experts, interior" was assembled to examine the process and "the creation of educational opportunities.

Israel seizes new Gaza-bound aid ship: activist

Israeli forces took an Irish-owned ship bound for Gaza Saturday, boarding the Rachel Corrie, a 55 km (35 miles) in the Mediterranean, a spokeswoman for the campaign group supporting the ship said.

Passengers recount mid-sea horror

Israel has started releasing some of the 700 activists it captured after it troops stormed a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

Turkey has sent three planes, including two military ambulance aircraft, to bring its nationals home.

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Abbas: Israel performs ‘national terrorism’ – Jerusalem Post

Israel carries out domestic terrorism, "said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the opening of an economic conference in Beersheba on Wednesday.

Has Israel lost lone Muslim ally Turkey? | BBC News

Less than three years ago, Shimon Peres addressed the Turkish Grand National Assembly - Turkey's parliament - in Ankara.

UN condemns Israel for attack on aid convoy

Pressure on Israel to lift barrier of Gaza has greater than before further last night when the UN Security Council prepared to command an end to the blockade in the wake of a deadly attack on civilian aid ship in international waters. A Turkish charity in Gaza said that 19 people were missing; Israel put the bereavement toll to 9

Flotilla ready to bust Gaza aid blockade

A support flotilla en route to Gaza despite an Israeli obstruction was ready to sail on Saturday, after a delay caused by technical drawbacks and fear Israel possibly will take one of the ships, said organizers.