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June 1 Media Reports Associated with Gaza Ships

June 1 Media Reports Associated with Gaza Ships
UN: Impartial probe of flotilla raid
— Jerusalem Post
: UN Security Council “called for condemnation of the attack by Israeli forces ‘in the strongest terms’ and ‘an independent international investigation.'”
Daily Telegraph: “UN Security Council has called for a prompt and impartial investigation into the Israeli attack against a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, and the immediate release of all civilians”

600 activists held in Beersheba jail

Israel Video of IDF Soldiers Beaten when Boarding Flotilla Ship Mavi Marmara

VOA: Pressure Grows on Israel Following Flotilla Raid

UK: Man charged over Gaza aid ship protest outside BBC

In Asia Protests, Condemnation Follow Israeli Raid on Gaza Flotilla

ABC report: Official: US Will Stand with Israel

London Times report on passenger list:
— Swedish Henning Mankell with eight other Swedes
— former U.S. ambassador to Mauritania Edward Peck
— U.S. television producer David Schermerhorn
— Three German MPs and a Swedish MP
— Britons Peter Venner and Rachel Bridgeland
— Britons Denis Healey, Paveen Yaqub, Kevin Ovenden, Theresa McDermott, Alex Harrison, Baboo Zanghar, Sakir Yildirim
— Irish Paul McGeough, Shane Dillon, Dr Fintan Lane, Fiachra O Luain, “Two naturalised Irish-Libyans and one person of Irish-Polish dual citizenship were also on board”
— “Of the nearly 600 people on the Mavi Marmara ship, roughly 400 were Turkish citizens”
— Turks Mehmet Ali Akdeniz, Demet Tezcan, Şahin İbrahim Güleryüz, Fevzi Çorluk, Abdülahad Abdurrahman, Nilufer Cetin, Kaan Turker, Ekrem Cetin
— Six Greeks
— U.S. Navy veteran Joe Meadors
— Two Australian journalists and two other Australian women

Ynet News reports on Flotilla raid in foreign media

Ynet News reports on Arab media reaction

Daily Telegraph: World press reaction to Gaza aid flotilla