Incitement and Delegitimization

The UN Human Rights Council fact-finding mission examining the events of the flotilla has sent teams to Jordan and Turkey.

The methodology and terminology of the fact-finding mission indicate a high probability of conclusions biased against Israel in the description and significance of the events aboard the Mavi Marmara.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 24-31, 2010)

On September 1 the Washington summit meeting is expected to relaunch direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. On August 31, 2010, the eve of the summit meeting in Washington, a shooting attack was carried out on an Israeli vehicle by Hamas terrorists southeast of Hebron. Four Israeli civilians were killed. Hamas’ military wing
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An anti-Israel coalition, some of whose members organized the Mavi Marmara flotilla, were encouraged by its results.

It is currently promoting a new series of projects to embarrass and isolate Israel. They include an upgraded flotilla and a plane to the Gaza Strip.
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Erdinç Tekir, IHH operative wounded aboard the Mavi Marmara, participated in the 1996 terrorist attack on the Russian ferry Avrasya to bargain for the release Chechens from Russian prisons.

Information indicates a past connection between IHH, and global jihad and Islamist terrorist networks, including Chechen Islamist separatists.
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Examination of the weapons and equipment found on the Mavi Marmara indicates that preparations had been made in advance for an active confrontation with IDF soldiers

Examination of the weapons and equipment found on the Mavi Marmara indicates that preparations had been made in advance for an active confrontation with IDF soldiers, contrary to the claims made by IHH about “passive resistance” only. IHH possessed many offensive weapons, including clubs, bars, axes, and one or two firearms.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 17-24, 2010)

This past week no rockets were fired into the western Negev. The Lebanese women’s ship Maryam has not yet left the port of Tripoli. The PLO’s executive committee announced its agreement to relaunch direct negotiations in Washington. Hamas strongly denounced the renewal of the negotiations, and its senior figures launched a media attack against the
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