"The panel's two foreign observers, Brig. Gen. Ken Watkin of Canada and Lord David Trimble of Northern Ireland, have both signed off on the report's conclusions."
Israel's Gaza flotilla probe: IDF soldiers acted in self-defense
First part of Turkel Commission report finds that Israel's naval blockade of Gaza does not break international law.
By Barak Ravid Ha'Aretz 1/23/11Israeli soldiers who took part in a raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May which resulted in the deaths of nine people had acted in self-defense, according to the first part of a report by an Israeli panel of inquiry into the incident, which was released Sunday.
The Turkel Commission also determined that Israel's three-and-a-half year blockade of the Gaza Strip does not break international law.
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