Palmer Report

Demonstration against IDF attack on Gaza flotilla in Jerusalem, 31 May 2010 (photo: Activestills)
A month since flotilla report legitimizing Gaza Strip blockade
The Palmer Committee did not really investigate the IDF’s attack on the Gaza Flotilla in May 2010; instead, it sought  diplomatic compromise By Eyal Clyne The release of the report of the UN-appointed Palmer Panel a month ago was nothing less than a source of pride for Israeli speakers, who repeatedly emphasised its ruling that…
By +972 Magazine October 14, 2011
Between Cairo and Ankara, Netanyahu’s failures are exposed
These are the most challenging times the Middle East has seen in decades, yet one couldn’t imagine a more inept government for Israel than the one that sits in Jerusalem Last month, Israel rejected a compromise over the flotilla incident that Israeli and Turkish negotiators reached. The American administration has been applying pressure on Jerusalem…
By Noam Sheizaf September 10, 2011
Recep_tayyip_erdogan 2008 (Photo: Randam/Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons)
Turkey’s response to UN flotilla report: not just about Israel
Turkey’s response to the UN’s Palmer Report investigating the 2010 flotilla debacle was like a roar in the jungle of Middle East and global politics that had been building for at least two years now.  Turkey had leveraged the report even prior to its publication as the deadline for an ultimatum to Israel: apologize or…
By Dahlia Scheindlin September 3, 2011
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