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Israel attack on Gaza aid flotilla illegal
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of New York Times/Associated Press


New York Times/Associated Press, September 23, 2010
Posted: October 4th, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/world/middleeast/23briefs-...

A report released in Geneva by three United Nations-appointed human rights experts said [on September 22] that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May, killing nine activists. The United Nations Human Rights Councils fact-finding mission concluded that Israels naval blockade of Gaza was unlawful because of the humanitarian crisis there, and that the military raid on the flotilla was brutal and disproportionate. The Israeli Foreign Ministry responded by saying the Human Rights Council had a biased, politicized and extremist approach. The Palestinian group Hamas, which controls Gaza, praised the report and called for those involved in the raid to be tried. Israel refused to cooperate with the panel, but is working with a separate United Nations group that is examining the incident.


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