JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Hamas has refused to accept the aid brought by a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israel. Israel said Tuesday that dozens of trucks loaded with cargo from three of the ships arrived at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Gaza and...
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla were the victims of Israeli "state terrorism." "The Freedom Flotilla is not the first serious attempt to support the Palestinian people and...
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A Likud Party lawmaker called for the removal of an Israeli-Arab Knesset member who sailed with the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Miri Regev of Likud and Hanin Zoabi of the Balad Party had a heated exchange Wednesday during a Knesset debate...
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution calling for an independent fact-finding mission into Israel's interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla. Member countries continued to attack Israel Wednesday during the second...
ASHDOD, Israel — The blurry black-and-white video footage was not what any Israeli wanted to see: elite navy commandos armed with paint balls (the pistols were only to be used as a last resort) dangling by a rope onto a boat filled with activists wielding...
ISTANBUL — While Turkey and Israel have seen their once-close relationship deteriorate steadily for the past few years, the Israeli commando raid of a Turkish-led flotilla heading for Gaza, in which several Turks were killed, marks a dangerous new low...
NEW YORK — The main U.S. Jewish umbrella organization is defending Israel's raid of the flotilla heading to Gaza, but several left-wing groups are blaming the incident on officials in Jerusalem and calling for an investigation. "We regret the loss of...
