“In absentia” trials against four senior IDF officers

“In absentia” trials against four senior IDF officers

“In absentia” trials against four senior IDF officers On November 6, 2012, Turkey announced that a court in Istanbul will try in absentia four ex-Israeli military commanders over the IDF Freedom Flotilla raid in 2010. The Mavi Marmara was trying to break the blockade...
NDPP to investigate war crimes

NDPP to investigate war crimes

The National Directorate of Public Prosecutions to investigate alleged war crimes Wednesday, 14 November 2012 The Media Review Ntework (MRN) welcomes the decision by the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions together with its Priority Crimes Litigation Unit and...
Turkel report whitewashes war crimes

Turkel report whitewashes war crimes

The Israeli “investigation” of its own crimes exonerated itself, again. The ball is now in Turkey’s and Palestine’s court. In the first part of the so called Turkel report, in January 2011 the Israeli appointed commission (not independent but known...
No Show Trial for Israel

No Show Trial for Israel

No Show Trial for Israel By Yvonne Ridley November 08, 2012 – Istanbul – Israel squirms and wriggles like a worm on a fishhook over the Turkish trial into the deaths of nine unarmed humanitarian aid volunteers on board a ship bound for Gaza. Tel Aviv has...