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Mon May 31, 2010 | Breaking News
At UN Security Council emergency session, most speakers called for an independent inquiry into the flotilla incident • Turkish FM demanded all prisoners and vessels be freed to continue to Gaza and receive compensation for victims • Arab-Israeli protesters at Umm al-Fahm northeast of Tel Aviv pelt police pelted with rocks and firebombs • Arabs from Jerusalem's Issawiyeh tried to storm Hadassah, Mt. Scopus hospital after cutting fence • Mortar shell from Gaza exploded outside Sderot Monday night • Israeli PM Netanyahu cuts short N. American visit and returns home • His White House talks with President Obama postponed • France, Germany, UN secretary join Arabs in condemning Israel's operation against pro-Hamas flotilla • Barak regretted loss of life but held pro-Hamas flotilla activists aboard Turkish vessel wholly responsible • He called flotilla a provocative political act • The Turkish IHH which set up the embargo-busting operation is a listed extremist Islamist terrorist organization • Chief of staff Ashkenazi said Turkish vessel passengers were exceptionally violent • Israeli commandos shot back only when their lives were at risk and anti-riot measures failed • Ankara recalls its ambassador from Tel Aviv • Israel's Counter Terror Bureau warns Israeli travellers to avoid Turkey • Israel police declare nationwide alert for terror reprisals, disturbances after flotilla incident •
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