Some 70 people embarked the ships from all over Greece before setting off to the Palestinian territory. Judge Davis admitted, when I testified before her in February, that the commission, though investigating a war, had no military expertise.
The ship leading a Gaza-bound flotilla that aims to break the naval blockade reportedly left the Greek isle of Crete early Friday morning, after unspecified delays.
Several hundred Israelis demonstrated in Jerusalem Wednesday evening, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to act against a recent surge in deadly attacks carried out by Palestinians. The Israelis are offering reconstruction of Gaza in exchange of truce from Hamas in Gaza.