JULY 12TH – HAARETZ Reports Israel’s IDF is to blame the Israeli Navy in scathing report on the Gaza flotilla raid
An Israeli military report to be released today on the Israel Navy’s deadly May raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla is expected to accuse the navy of failing to sufficiently consider the possibility that the commandos would encounter violent resistance when attempting to keep the ships out of Gaza. The report is also expected to criticize the navy for not cooperating sufficiently with the Mossad in gathering information ahead of the flotilla’s arrival and to discuss the process by which the raid was approved. It is not, however, expected to call for disciplinary action against particular officers. Read the full article here.

UPDATE: AS AT 700 GMT ON JUNE 12TH THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN PERCENTAGES WITH 65% VOTING ISRAEL WAS IN THE WRONG AND 33% IT WAS IN THE RIGHT. With 3000 votes cast 25% of the votes are from Turkey (down 2%) and 17% from Israel (down 5%) with 14% from the US (up 3%). People from 74 countries have voted (up 4). VOTE HERE.

UPDATE: AS AT 1200 GMT ON JUNE 5TH 65% SAID ISRAEL WAS IN THE WRONG AND 33% SAID IT WAS IN THE RIGHT. With 2400 votes cast 27% of the votes are from Turkey and 22% from Israel with 11% from the US. People from 70 countries have voted. VOTE HERE.

Quite a few people have also sent us tweets, DMs and emails expressing their point of view or suggesting problems with how we phrased the poll or what stories we Tweet. The Israeli Foreign Ministry did Tweet us to say “The interception of the flotilla followed numerous warnings given to the organizers of the flotilla”

All of this is very psotiitve from our point of view as it brings more interaction and involvement with VoteGlobal and what we are seeking to acheive. As ever we are very conscious to remain neutral and simply provide a platform for the democratic sharing of views by everyone.

UPDATE: AS AT 1200 GMT ON JUNE 4TH 65% SAID ISRAEL WAS IN THE WRONG AND 32% SAID IT WAS IN THE RIGHT. With 2300 votes cast 28% of the votes are from Turkey and 22% from Israel with 10% from the US. People from 69 countries have voted. VOTE HERE.

UPDATE: AS AT 1200 GMT ON JUNE 3RD 65% SAID ISRAEL WAS IN THE WRONG AND 30% SAID IT WAS IN THE RIGHT. With 2200 votes cast 30% of the votes are from Turkey and 23% from Israel with 9% from the US. People from 67 countries have voted. VOTE HERE.

UPDATE: AS AT 1300 GMT ON JUNE 2ND 67% SAID ISRAEL WAS IN THE WRONG AND 30% SAID IT WAS IN THE RIGHT. With nearly 2000 votes cast 32% of the votes are from Turkey and 24% from Israel with 7% from the US. People from 64 countries have voted. VOTE HERE.

UPDATE: AS AT 1300 GMT ON JUNE 1ST 65% SAID ISRAEL WAS IN THE WRONG AND 32% SAID IT WAS IN THE RIGHT. With 1300 votes cast in 24 hours (our Hottest Poll yet) from 54 countries (our best geographic spread for a single poll) it is interesting to note that 33% of the votes are from Turkey and 28% from Israel where clearly the issue has the greatest resonance.

UPDATE: AS AT 2200 GMT ON MAY 31ST 66% SAID ISRAEL WAS IN THE WRONG AND 32% SAID IT WAS IN THE RIGHT.

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Israel says that the organizers of the Gaza aid flotilla have connections to international terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Al-Qaida, and called the aid convoy a violent and provocative attempt to break the blockade on Gaza. Israel says it found weapons aboard the Gaza flotilla, which were used against IDF troops.

The Turkish agency that organized the Turkish ships carrying aid to Gaza, International Humanitarian Relief, or IHH, denied activists onboard attacked Israeli soldiers and says “The ships went through several customs. No one on board was armed,”

“Israel broke all international laws,” said Abdurahman Dilipak, a Turkish intellectual speaking at the press conference on behalf of several NGOs.

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