A United Nations-mandated inquiry into a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish-led aid flotilla to Gaza in 2010 says Israel's action was "excessive", according to extracts published Thursday by the New York Times.
The report, which has not yet been officially released amid a dispute between Israel and Turkey, says that Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip is legal, however.
Eight Turkish nationals and an American man of Turkish descent died in the May 31, 2010, raid.
"Israel's decision to board the vessels with such substantial force at a great distance from the blockade zone and with no final warning immediately prior to the boarding was excessive and unreasonable," the inquiry says.
Full Article
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/09/201191183315401355.html
UN Palmer Committee Report - 105 pages
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/world/Palmer-Committee-Final-report.pdf
Mondoweiss: UN report on flotilla raid -- Israel shot 'em the wrong way but everything else it did was fine
http://mondoweiss.net/2011/09/un-report-on-flotilla-israel-shot-the-9-wrong-but-everything-else-it-did-was-fine.html
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