Turkey Ratchets Up Tensions With Israel Over Gaza Flotilla Incident

Staff / Truthdig Jul 5, 2010 Israel's raid on a flotilla headed for Gaza happened over a month ago, but Turkish officials haven't forgotten the divisive incident; in fact, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu threw down the diplomatic gauntlet on Monday (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

They’re Talking Turkey

Staff / Truthdig Jul 3, 2010 Secret talks between Turkey's foreign minister and Israel's cabinet minister have occurred in an attempt to remedy relations between the two countries in the wake of Israel's bloody raid on a Turk-led aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip in June. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel to Loosen Up on Gaza Blockade

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2010 Responding to mounting international pressure in the wake of its bloody raid on an aid flotilla in May, Israel announced it will ease its three-year-long blockade of the Gaza Strip, forbidding only weapons and related material. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turkey, Palestinians Don’t Approve of Israel’s Gaza Probe

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2010 Israel is not amenable to the idea of a UN-sponsored international investigation into last month's flotilla raid near Gaza, but it has come up with its own proposal for an inquiry into the incident However, Israel's probe has failed (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stealth Superpower: How Turkey Is Chasing China in Bid to Become the Next Big Thing

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2010 Turkey has ambitions beyond the Middle East and the means to get there. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Israel’s Flotilla Inquiry ‘Farce’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2010 Israel's oldest daily newspaper, Haaretz, condemns the Netanyahu government's "farce" of an inquiry into the deadly flotilla raid: "The conclusions of an ostensible probe are intended to justify retroactively the decision to blockade Gaza and to use deadly force on the deck of the Mavi Marmara". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Flotilla Fallout Hits Madrid’s Gay Pride Parade

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2010 Cultural and international politics collided this week after a contingent of Israeli gays from Tel Aviv was pointedly barred from participating in an upcoming gay pride march because their home city's officials (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Framing the Narrative

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jun 9, 2010 They called it "Operation Sea Breeze." Despite the pleasant-sounding name, Israel's violent commando raid on a flotilla of humanitarian aid ships, which left nine civilians dead, has sparked international outrage. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.N. Leader Wants ‘Credible’ Investigation of Flotilla Raid

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2010 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is calling for Israel to accept international participation in an investigation of the deadly flotilla assault that killed nine activists in international waters. Israeli authorities have rejected the idea of an international tribunal and maintained they will conduct an internal investigation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Kills Four Palestinian Divers

Staff / Truthdig Jun 7, 2010 It's been a week since the now-infamous flotilla raid, and on Monday, Israeli-Palestinian tensions flared again after the Israeli military killed four men who sources from both sides are claiming were Palestinian militants (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ruling Targets Egyptian-Israeli Marriages

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2010 The Egyptian high court has upheld a ruling that allows the state to strip citizenship status from Egyptian men who wed Israeli women if the government believes the marriage poses a threat to the country's national security. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Live Chat: ‘Treat Palestinians Like Jews’

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 6, 2010 Robert Scheer addresses reader questions and comments about his most recent column and Israel's deadly attack on the aid flotilla. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )