Report: Turkey threatens to leave UN Gaza flotilla inquiry panel over Israel-favored draft

14.05.2011                      10.Ijar, 5771                      Behar; Tag 25 des Omer

"Friedensflottille I":

Report: Turkey threatens to leave UN Gaza flotilla inquiry panel over Israel-favored draft

The UN panel investigating Israel's raid of the Mavi Marmara reportedly falls short of saying Israel violated international law.

Turkey threatened Friday to drop out of a United Nations panel investigating Israel's deadly raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May last year, saying the wording of the draft report was in favor of Israel, Turkish daily Hürriyet reported.
The report said that Ankara believed the panel was favoring the Israeli view, as its wording fell short of saying Israel violated international law when its naval commanders boarded the Mavi Marmara, the Turkish-sponsored Gaza-bound aid flotilla….