15.04.2011                      11.Nisan, 5771

Gaza-Flottille II:

Ban urged to take a public stand against next IHH flotilla

J'lem's envoy to UN Reuben says Israel "not interested in confrontation"; Turkey says flotilla "not Ankara’s concern", is an "initiative by civil society."

With Israel eager to leave a paper trail showing it warned world leaders to prevent another IHH Gaza flotilla, Jerusalem’s envoy to the UN, Meron Reuben, sent a letter on Thursday to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urging him to make public statements against participation in the action.
“In the past year, the United Nations, under your leadership, played an important role in preventing the launch of provocative flotillas by extremist elements in Lebanon,” the letter read….