http://vimeo.com/12488021
Despite the Israeli government?s thorough efforts to confiscate all footage taken during the attack, Iara Lee was able to retain some of her recordings. Above is 15 minutes of footage from the moments leading up to and during the Israeli commandos? assault on the Mavi Marmara.
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Turkey denies break with Europe
Turkey agrees to Arab trade plan
Aid ships to Turkish Cyprus would lift isolation, chief negotiator says
Turkey’s Erdogan: emerging leader in Muslim world
Israel, Turkey can rebuild ties: Mossad ex-chief
US ?disappointed? with Turkey on Iran sanctions, Oliver Scanlan
On Friday, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates said that the US was ?disappointed? with Turkey?s decision on Wednesday to vote against further sanctions on Iran. Gates went on to emphasise that US-Turkey military ties would not be affected, referring to Ankara as a ?decades-long ally? of the US and saying that ?allies don?t always agree?. Speaking in Brussels after a meeting of NATO defence ministers, Gates also said that the world had time to allow the tougher sanctions package to stall Iran?s nuclear programme.
Gates Criticizes Turkey?s Rejection of Iran Sanctions
Erdogan turns east in delicate balancing act
Aftermath of the Security Council Vote
I argue in today’s World Politics Review column that the Obama administration has made gains vis-a-vis Iran and in improving its relations with Russia, but both are fragible and reversible.
Erdogan, the Islamic Ummah?s new leader
Israeli post-democracy: origins and prospects, Joel Schalit and Keith Kahn-Harris
?The middle east?s only democracy?. Anyone who follows the politics of the region – and even many who don?t – will undoubtedly be familiar with the term. There?s only one country it refers to and that country is Israel. The claim has been made across the six decades of Israel?s existence as a state, but it seems if anything to become more vociferous at times when the prospect of Israeli-Palestinian peace is at its most remote.
İBRAHİM ÖZTÜRK – Economic implications of the Turkish-Israeli conflict (II)
YAVUZ BAYDAR – What Israel and Iran have in common
ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ – A test for anti-Semitism and anti-AKP and anti-Erdoğan stance
BÜLENT KENEŞ – Turkey waging struggle of law, morals against Israeli aggression
Brazil/Israel: Open letter to the Israeli government
?Now, after the coward attack in international waters carried out by Israeli military against the fleet of humanitarian aid to Gaza? says Maria Frô [pt], ?again [the movie-maker Sílvio] Tendler manifests? in an open letter to the Israeli government.
Turkey hosts Eurasian summit amid Israel storm
EU accession process contributed to Turkey’s increasing power, says Derviş
UK and Italy soften calls for Israel inquiry
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