Turkey says it is expelling Israel's ambassador and threatening to cut off military and economic ties with the Israelis.
An Irish ship, the MV Rachel Corrie, is reportedly carrying aid for Palestinians in the form of school supplies, clothes and medicine ?- among other things. Israel has said the ship will not be allowed to dock.
Israel is on the defense, and recent developments beg the question, how will Israel respond after near universal criticism from the international community? We talk with the U.S., Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren.
As calls for an international investigation of Israel's fatal raid on a flotilla carrying aid to the Gaza stip ramp up, Takeaway listeners are divided. Was Israel justified in its reaction, or did Israeli commandos go too far?
Details of the confrontation on the flotilla headed for Gaza remain contentious and incomplete. Annette Groth, a German parliamentarian, gives her firsthand account, and Michael Slackman of The New York Times analyzes the incident from Jerusalem.
To better understand the history of the blockade, we're joined now by Asaf Shariv, the Israeli Consul General to the U.S. We also speak with Philip Wilcox, the former American Consul General to Israel, about the larger implications of this confrontation.
Israeli commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists who were trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip. However, there have been conflicting reports as to what exactly happened.