Israel deports Tunisia ex-president after Gaza flotilla

“There are another 14 who have begun the expulsion process”, a spokeswoman for Israel’s immigration authority told AFP.

Saudi Arabia has welcomed the report of the global Fact Finding Commission on Israeli aggression in Gaza and has lauded its effort to prepare the report despite noncooperation from Israel which did not allow the committee to do its work.

Is Israel justified in maintaining its nine-year blockade of Gaza in the name of security?

The three other boats had turned back before the Marianne was boarded by the Israeli navy in an operation that took place without the deadly force that marred a raid to stop a similar bid in 2010.

Activists said the boat had a few dozen Europeans, including politicians, on board and had been headed for Gaza, the blockaded Palestinian territory.

The Israeli leader, who is known for outbursts, said there was “no limit” to the “hipocrisy” of the United Nations, after Secretary General Ban Ki-moon singled out Israel in a Security Council debate last week on children hurt in armed conflicts. “Most of Marianne crew now in Givon prison, Israel”, according to a tweet by the official Freedom Flottila Twitter account (@GazaFFlotilla) on Tuesday.

Left-wing political parties in Spain have criticized Israel for disrupting the Third Freedom Flotilla to Gaza and capturing one of the vessels in worldwide waters.

The statement asked Israel to lift the blockade on Gaza immediately, saying that the humanitarian situation in the impoverished sliver is a cause for concern.

At the closed meeting on Monday (29 June), Lieberman reportedly challenged Netanyahu.

Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza since 2007, causing a serious decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty. A tenth individual died after four years in a coma.

Hamas on Monday panned the council’s report into last summer’s 50-day conflict in Gaza, calling the report’s conclusions “clearly biased” in Israel’s favor.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement congratulating troops for seizing the ship he said was involved in “a demonstration of hypocrisy” and support for Hamas, and said Israel’s actions were in accordance with worldwide law.